Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
QRIALD c. MAWW ..rnn ..*UIL
Mrr. Ylolet 8, Oroonhill Ohlef, Dlrlrloo at Oh114 Uoltuo
Board of Control
Aurtla, Toxaa
Clroulag
enor ha8 am adoption oowr oort of hom l nlr~on till final 18U0, ato., tblr and ualora R baby 18 R LSUAL BXFMSX Ot IIJ!bL ADOPTXOBIr rod from nurnory a drporlt in rtt Dollara mat bo oadr to ootor rs rrourln,g of birth 1~111 bi hold la br refunded xhero babr 18 raturnrb end logal adoption not ooammmat~d,~* Lettet ‘vo undrrrtaad through our reprrrrntatltr, mm.
Blank, thnt you are lntororted In w2optln.g l babl
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-8. Vlolrt S. Croonhill, Larch 14, 1939, i’aga 2 ::8 ore rnolo8lng opplioatlon
from our agocoy. forms and lntonnotlon oorerlng adoptloo procedure In thlr ogenoy and ark that you ill1 the formor out and roturn thorn to u8 tog8ther with on8 dollar lo postage stamp8 or money to oovor oost of contaotlng roteronc88.
'Wo oppr8olote your interest in our work, and upon reoolpt of your appllcotlon, we shall give It our lmzedlato attention."*
It 18 the oplnlon of this deportsent that the Olr- cular ond latter quoted from above ooaatltutoo a vlolatlon Of 8uoh 8tStUt0, OS on Sttempt t0 ChOreO or reOeiV0 OOmpOn- eation for the placement or a child, and that the osrrylng out of the proposal set out in ouch olroular and letter in that lt WOUid OOIIStitUtS 0 TiOlOtiOn Or 8UOL 8tOtUtO would be a charge for and tho recolvlng of coPponoatlon for placement of a ,chlld, prohibited by said Statute.
73th roapect to your quo8tlon as to whothor or not it would be questlonablo 8thiO8 ior an attorney to hand18 euch odoptlon through suoh an agency without giving tho adopting parents the rlght to 8xerclso their oun free n-111 to' oolect their own 0ttornoy, our answer is, "yes".
Very truly your8 h -. 2. Xohon kSSi8tOIlt LDE:XK
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