IN RE CANDELL

No. 34813.

54 Wn.2d 276 (1959)

340 P.2d 173

In the Matter of the Adoption of PATRICIA JOSEPHINE CANDELL, a Minor. ROBERT W. SOWERS et al., Respondents, v. ELIAS J. CANDELL, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

June 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley & Graham, for appellant.

O'Connor & O'Connor and Shiner & Arneil, for respondents.


ROSELLINI, J.

In this adoption proceeding, brought by the stepfather of the minor Patricia Josephine Candell with the consent of her mother, the court ruled that the consent of the father who objected to the petition was not necessary. Error is assigned to this determination.

The appellant and the respondent Lea Sowers are the adoptive parents of the child whose adoption is sought in this proceeding. When she was three and one-half years old, they were divorced...

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