WILSON v. PIERCE

No. 9756.

14 Utah 2d 317 (1963)

383 P.2d 925

ORVILLE Y. WILSON AND NORMA W. WILSON, HIS WIFE, PETITIONERS AND RESPONDENTS, v. RUTH ELEANOR PIERCE, OBJECTOR AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 23, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Thatcher & Glasmann, Ogden, for appellant.

Wallace, Adams & Peterson, Ogden, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Justice.

Orville Y. and Norma W. Wilson filed a petition for the adoption of Linda Lee Wilson, a child who will be five years old November 15, 1963. The child's mother, Ruth Eleanor Pierce, filed objections and also invoked the aid of habeas corpus to obtain custody. After plenary trial the court found that the child was deserted and abandoned by its mother when placed with the Wilsons; that she had led them to believe that the arrangement would be permanent...

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