BOATWRIGHT v. WALKER


715 S.W.2d 237 (1986)

Lois Lynnette BOATWRIGHT, natural mother of Joshua Boatwright, a minor child, Appellant, v. Jackie Lee WALKER, Joshua Lee Boatwright, a minor; and Brent Craig Wallace, natural father of Joshua Lee Boatwright, Appellees, and Jackie Lee WALKER, Appellant, v. Joshua Lee BOATWRIGHT, a minor, Lois Lynnette Boatwright and Brent Craig Wallace, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied and Opinion Ordered Published by Supreme Court August 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Gilmore, Paducah, Bill Flynn, Paducah, for Lois Lynnette Boatwright.

Michael R. Murphy, Paducah, for Jackie Lee Walker.

Before CLAYTON, DUNN and McDONALD, JJ.


McDONALD, Judge.

This is a combined appeal from an amended judgment of the Livingston Circuit Court which denied the petition of Jackie Lee Walker to adopt Joshua Lee Boatwright, the illegitimate infant son of Lois Lynnette Boatwright, and changing custody of Joshua from the natural mother, Boatwright, to the appellant petitioner, Walker. On appeal, Walker argues that the court erred in failing to find that Lois knowingly executed a written consent to adopt without...

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