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WILSON v. BARNET

No. 39941.

144 N.W.2d 700 (1966)

In re Petition of Duane M. WILSON and Shirley J. Wilson to adopt Mary Elizabeth Barnet and Ann Louise Barnet, Respondents, v. David F. BARNET, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helgesen, Peterson, Engberg & Spector, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Katz, Burstein, & Galbraith, Minneapolis, for respondents.

OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal by a natural father from an adjudication granting foster parents the right to adopt his two infant daughters. The issue is whether the evidence supports a finding that the father is unfit and not entitled to withhold consent.

In January 1959, when 18 years of age, David Barnet, Jr., left college and joined the navy in order to support his future wife, then pregnant, whom he married on April 11, 1959. A daughter...

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