Vela v. Marywood

How courts have described this case

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

• holding evidence conclusively established affidavit of relinquishment involuntary where it was based on adoption agency's \empty promise\ of mother's post-adoption visits with child
• holding evidence conclusively established affidavit of relinquishment involuntary where it was based on adoption agency’s “empty promise” of mother’s post-adoption visits with child
• discussing \fraud\ as any cunning or artifice used to cheat or deceive another
• noting that at common law “the word ‘fraud’ refers to an . . . omission, or concealment in breach of a legal duty . . . when the breach causes injury to another or the taking of an undue and unconscientious advantage”
• discussing “fraud” as any cunning or artifice used to cheat or deceive another
• “Since an affidavit of relinquishment waives rights of constitutional magnitude, it must be made voluntarily, knowingly, intelligently, and with full awareness of the legal consequences.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).