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IN RE ADOPTION OF SWANSON

623 A.2d 1095 (1993)

In re The ADOPTION OF James A. SWANSON, an adult.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Schlusser (argued), Joanna Reiver, Charles J. Veith, Schlusser, Reiver, Hughes & Sisk, Wilmington, for appellant.

Brenda L. Sammons (argued), Lisa M. Fitzgerald, Peter S. Feliceangeli, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for the State.

Before MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

MOORE, Justice.

Richard Sorrels appeals the denial of his petition in the Family Court to adopt James A. Swanson,1 a consenting adult.2 We confront an issue of first impression: Is a preexisting parent-child relationship required under our adult adoption statutes, 13 Del.C. §§ 951-56, in order for one adult to adopt another? Although the statutes do not contain that requirement, the Family...

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