Taylor v. Bushnell

Citations

• 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 642
• 29 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 497

Syllabus

<p>ADOPTION — JUDGMENT AND DECREES</p> <p>1. Right to Inherit not Defeated by Record of Adoption Failing to Show Assent by Both Natural Parents.</p> <p>A right to inherit from a foster parent is not defeated by the absence from the proceedings of adoption of assent thereto on the part of both of the natural parents.</p> <p>2. Rules Governing Collateral Attack Apply to Attack on Order of Court on Petition Jurisdictionally Sufficient.</p> <p>An attack on an order of court, entered in a case in which the petition was jurisdictionally sufficient, is in the nature of a collateral attack and is subject to the rules applicable thereto.</p> <p>3. Presumption Incidental Questions Considered in Proceedings for Equitable Relief.</p> <p>A petition having asked for relief which the court had the power to grant, and a decree was entered in accordance therewith, it will be presumed in subsequent collateral proceedings that all incidental questions were duly considered.</p>