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VAN WEY v. VAN WEY

656 S.W.2d 731 (1983)

Baby Boy VAN WEY, Movant, v. Christine VAN WEY, Raymond F. O'Neal and Donna O'Neal, Respondents. and Raymond F. O'NEAL and Donna O'Neal, His Wife, Movants, v. Christine VAN WEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Irene P. Long, Bedford, Stephen P. Smith, Jr., Louisville, for movants.

Ellen G. Friedman and Robert F. Smith, Legal Aid Soc., Inc., Louisville, for respondents.

Charles W. Dobbins, Jr., Louisville, guardian ad litem for Baby Boy Van Wey.

LEIBSON, Justice.

In November 1980, Christine Van Wey, a resident of Muscatine, Iowa, contacted attorney Katie Brophy of Louisville, Kentucky and solicited her aid in arranging for the birth and placement for adoption of her unborn child. Ms. Van Wey, the mother of two daughters, ages 5 and 7, was separated from her husband, deserted by the man she was living with, and apparently destitute.

Ms. Brophy arranged for Ms. Van Wey to come to Louisville to deliver...

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