IN RE ADOPTION OF D____

No. 7864.

122 Utah 525 (1953)

252 P.2d 223

In re Adoption of D____.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided January 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Spence, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Young, Young & Sorenson, Provo, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

After contested trial, the district court granted respondents a decree of adoption of the minor above referred to and denied the claims of appellant, the child's natural mother. She appeals. Affirmed.

This question is presented: Does a parent who has appeared before a court in connection with an adoption proceeding and voluntarily consented to the adoption of her child, have the right, arbitrarily and without cause, to revoke that consent...

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