HICKEY v. BELL

No. 403.

391 P.2d 447 (1964)

Arnold HICKEY and Hester Hickey, Appellants, v. Kenneth George BELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen L. Simpson, Anchorage, for appellants.

Harold J. Butcher and Charles E. Tulin, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


NESBETT, Chief Justice.

Appellants allege that it was error for the superior court judge not to sign a decree of adoption after appellants' petition for adoption had been heard and approved by a master acting for the court.

In a report dated October 16, 1961 the master, after hearing, reported to the superior court for the Third Judicial District, recommending that appellants' petition to adopt Margo Bell be granted. Margo was appellants' granddaughter, the...

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