In re Adoption of a Minor

2 Citing cases

  1. Carpenter v. Forshee

    103 Ga. App. 758 (Ga. Ct. App. 1961)   Cited 31 times
    In Carpenter, p. 773, the court held "`wantonly and wilfully'... means without reasonable excuse, with a conscious disregard of duty, willingly, voluntarily and intentionally."

    A judgment without such citation and opportunity wants all the attributes of a judicial determination.'" Adoption of Bascom, 126 Mont. 129 ( 246 P.2d 223); In re Adoption of a Minor, 160 F.2d 928; Storey v. Shumaker, 131 Colo. 131 ( 279 P.2d 1057); In re Holder, 218 N.C. 136 ( 10 S.E.2d 620); In Graham v. Lee, 204 Miss. 416 ( 37 So.2d 735); In re Smith's Estate, 195 P.2d 842 (Calif. App.

  2. In re Simaner

    16 Ill. App. 2d 48 (Ill. App. Ct. 1958)   Cited 13 times

    As the trial court stated, cases such as these are difficult ones to decide. In In re Adoption of a Minor, 160 F.2d 928, the court observed: "Cases such as this have always been the unquestioned acme of difficulty in the administration of justice. The forfeit is the life of the child, wholly unconscious of the struggle about it.