How cited: Wheeler v. Howard · Go Syfert

Wheeler v. Howard (1955)

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Rule Authority · Ga. Ct. App.
As this provision was interpreted in Wheeler v. Howard, 211 Ga. 596, 598 ( 87 SE2d 377 ) (1955), a parent could “arbitrarily” withdraw his or her consent to an adoption as a matter of right at “any time before final adoption.” In 1957, the legislature amended the statute to provide: “ ‘Said consent when given freely, voluntarily, may not be revoked by the parents as a matter of right.’ ” Ga. L. 1957, p. 367.
green Fulton v. Schneider (1973)
Rule Authority · Ga. Ct. App.
As stated in Wheeler v. Howard, 211 Ga. 596, 597 ( 87 SE2d 377 ): "If the signed written consent is all the law requires, then why the concern about the reason for giving it?
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See Wheeler v. Howard, 87 S.E.2d 377, 378 (Ga. 1955) (asking that “[i]f the signed written consent is all the law requires, then why the concern about the reason for giving it?”).
asking that “[i]f the signed written consent is all the law requires, then why the concern about the reason for giving it?”