Franklin v. White

How courts have described this case

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

• right of adoptive parent to inherit from adopted child governed by law in effect at time of child's death
• “[T]he right of adoption is purely statutory.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)
• \[T]he right of adoption is purely statutory.\ (internal quotations and citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Neal v. Neal
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 82×
• Hanks v. Hanks
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1967-04-13· cited 27×
• Hamilton v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1956-03-22· cited 21×
• Doby v. Carroll
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1962-12-20· cited 20×
• Claunch v. Entrekin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1961-01-12· cited 16×
• In Re Estate of Neuwirth
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1978-01-11· cited 15×
• McCaleb v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-02-25· cited 13×
• In Re the Adoption of Jon L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2005-12-01· cited 13×
• Gamble v. Cloud
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1955-09-15· cited 12×
• Straszewicz v. Gallman
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1977-02-02· cited 10×
• Milton v. Summers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1966-09-22· cited 5×
• Ex parte E.L.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2015-09-18· cited 1×
• In Re: Adoption of L.A.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-03-01
• Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama v. Kelley
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1962-05-15
• Sellers v. Blackwell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-12-21

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Robson v. Stoltz
  Montana Supreme Court· 1953-07-16· cited 14×
• In Re Kay's Estate
  Montana Supreme Court· 1953-07-16· cited 10×
• Hudson v. Reed
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1953-08-06· cited 10×
• Dodson v. Ward
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1925-10-27· cited 7×
• White v. Dotter
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1904-11-19· cited 6×
• McKinney v. Minkler
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1937-01-15· cited 3×