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Domestic Relations -- 1961 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Domestic Relations -- 1961 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the case of In re Van Huss' Petition' the Tennessee Supreme Court denied an adoption under a literal interpretation of the residence requirements inserted into the adoption statutes in 1959. Under the 1959 statutes, although the petitioners in adoption proceedings were not required to make Tennessee their legal residence, they were required to "have lived, maintained a home and been physically present in Tennessee, or on federal territory within the boundaries of Tennessee for one (1) year next preceding the filing of the petition .... -
In the Van Huss case the petitioning husband met all of the other …