IN RE ADOPTION OF WALTON

No. 7933.

123 Utah 380 (1953)

259 P.2d 881

In re Adoption of WALTON et al. WORTHEN et ux. v. WALTON

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided July 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Young & Sorensen, Provo, for appellant.

Arthur H. Nielsen, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from an adoption decree, wherein 2 minor boys were awarded to Caroline (Walton) Worthen and her second husband, ending the parental rights of her former husband, Gerald B. Walton, on the theory Walton had deserted the boys and therefore his consent to the adoption was unnecessary under Title 78-30-4, U.C.A. 1953. Reversed, the decree to be vacated, costs on appeal to appellant.

Mrs. Worthen will be designated as W, Mr. Worthen as H...

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