56 Misc. 2d 1056 - Charles v. James’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 1994
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Feyler v. Mortimer
Most-quoted passages
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“Once an order of adoption is entered by a court the question of a child's paternity is no longer in doubt. By the very order of adoption the child's paternity is established and the adoptive parents become the natural parents and a new certificate of birth is ordered reflecting that change.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. N. R. v. R. J. D. · Nr v. Rjd
How this case has been treated — in progress
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