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COPELAND v. TODD

Record No. 100929.

715 S.E.2d 11 (2011)

282 Va. 183

Lucretia Putnam COPELAND v. Leslie TODD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana J. Cornett for appellant.

David A. Penrod ( Grant D. Penrod ; Hoover Penrod , on brief), Harrisonburg, for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys; Colleen Marea Quinn (Locke Partin DeBoer & Quinn, on brief), Richmond, in support of appellant.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ.

Opinion by Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred when it reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County and dismissed the petition for adoption filed by Lucretia Putnam Copeland ("Copeland").

I. Facts and Proceedings Below

On April 11, 2003, Leslie Renee Todd ("Todd") gave birth to a female child who is the subject of this petition for adoption. At the time, Todd was incarcerated...

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