CONTRACTS - ILLEGALITY - CONTRACT TO RELINQUISH CUSTODY OF CHILD

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Abstract

The plaintiff declared on a contract between her father, Thomas Smith, and J. F. and A. T. Mulkey, in which the parent contracted to relinquish all control over the plaintiff, a minor, in consideration for which J. F. and A. T. Mulkey agreed to adopt the child and leave their property to her upon the death of the survivor. The contract was fully performed by the child's parent, but J. F. and A. T. Mulkey failed to adopt the child, and made no provision for her in the distribution of their property. In a suit by the plaintiff at the death of J. F. Mulkey it was held that the contract was illegal and void. Mulkey v. Allen, 36 S.W. (2d) 198 (1931).

Recommended Citation

CONTRACTS - ILLEGALITY - CONTRACT TO RELINQUISH CUSTODY OF CHILD, 30 Mich. L. Rev. 155 (1931).
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