BATTON v. MASSAR

No. 20028.

369 P.2d 434 (1962)

Ada May BATTON and Clyde McRoy Batton, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Roxie Lee MASSAR, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quiat, Seeman, Quiat & Woods, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

Terry J. O'Neill, Denver, for defendant in error.


HALL, Justice.

We will refer to the plaintiffs in error either as the adopters, the grandparents, or by name, and to the defendant in error as the mother.

On December 13, 1960, the trial court in separate cases entered final decrees of adoption whereby the adopters, husband and wife, were permitted to adopt as their own, their grandchildren, Terri Lynn Batton, born January 19, 1957, and Richard Allan Batton, born August 25, 1958. These children are the offspring...

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