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CUNNINGHAM v. GRAY

Record No. 781787.

273 S.E.2d 562 (1981)

Roland David CUNNINGHAM, Jr. v. Rosalind M. GRAY and Charles M. Gray.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Muse, Richmond (Blanton & Muse, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

H. Franklin Taylor, III, Richmond, for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this family law case, we review the trial court's action in granting a stepfather's petition for adoption over objection of the child's natural father.

In April of 1978, appellees Rosalind M. Gray and Charles M. Gray filed a petition in the court below for the adoption by Mr. Gray of Tracy Michelle Cunningham and for change of her name. The child was nine years of age and the natural daughter of Mrs. Gray by her former marriage to appellant...

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