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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF CHANEY

No. 20922.

887 P.2d 1061 (1995)

126 Idaho 554

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Margaret Elizabeth Melling CHANEY, an adult over the age of eighteen years. John MELLING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Margaret Elizabeth Melling CHANEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Eastern Idaho, September 1994 Term.

January 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc J. Weinpel, Idaho Falls, for appellant.

Robin D. Dunn, Rigby, for respondent.

TROUT, Justice.

This is an adult adoption case in which an adult child sought to have her stepfather adopt her after she reached the age of eighteen, and also sought termination of her parental relationship with her father. The magistrate court concluded that I.C. § 16-1501 did provide for adoption of adults, and thus such an adoption was permissible; however the court did not terminate the father's rights, and did not rule on the consequences of the adoption...

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