GUARDIANSHIP OF RUTHERFORD

Docket No. 6337.

188 Cal.App.2d 202 (1961)

10 Cal. Rptr. 270

Guardianship of BABY GIRL RUTHERFORD, a Minor. ELDON G. SCHAFER et al., Respondents, v. ADELLE RUTHERFORD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

January 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blodget, Gilbert & Cochran and John H. Gilbert, Jr., for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Edward M. Belasco, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Frank Domenichini for Respondents.


COUGHLIN, J.

The primary question for determination on this appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the finding of the trial court that an unwed mother, who had placed her baby daughter for adoption, had abandoned her child within the meaning of the provisions of section 1409 of the Probate Code.

The minor, Baby Girl Rutherford, was born out of wedlock on September 14, 1958. Her mother, the appellant herein, was 23 years of age; prior to the...

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