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IN RE ADOPTION OF ELLIS

No. 52303.

149 N.W.2d 804 (1967)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION of Dawn Cherie ELLIS by Dwayne Mozena and Donna B. Mozena, Appellants, and Ernest Rex Ellis, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Robinson, and Robinson & Robinson, of Des Moines, for appellants.

Dudley C. Lowry, Davenport, for appellee.

MASON, Justice.

Dwayne Mozena and his wife Donna appeal from an order overruling their motion for new trial after judgment dismissing their petition for adoption of Dawn Cherie Ellis.

July 23, 1965 appellants filed in the Polk District Court their petition for adoption of Dawn Cherie, a female child born September 18, 1964. Dawn was received into appellants' home September 24 by agreement and consent of her natural mother, Velma Ellis.

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