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· 2/5/1957

Barwin v. Reidy

Citations

  • 307 P.2d 175
  • 62 N.M. 183

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The, judicial severance of the relation of parent and child ... should not be accomplished except under the most adequate safeguards against abuse .”
  • children should not be taken from their parents who have properly discharged their responsibilities, unless the parents are in agreement
  • the court must look to the circumstances of a particular case to determine whether to revoke an adoption because of fees paid to the natural parents
  • the court must look to the circumstances of a particular case to determine whether to revoke an adoption because of fees paid to the natural parents
  • sale of children constituted abandonment as a matter of law
  • sale of children constituted abandonment as a matter of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Compton, Kiker, Lujan, McGHEE, Sadler

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