WELFARE DIVISION OF DEPT. OF H. & W. v. MAYNARD

No. 5516.

445 P.2d 153 (1968)

WELFARE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE of the State of Nevada, Appellant, v. Patricia Ruth MAYNARD on behalf of Richard Scott Maynard, a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Norman H. Samuelson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for appellant.

John J. McCune, and Paul J. Williams, Bart M. Schouweiler, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice.

On January 17, 1966, Patricia Maynard, the respondent, having exclusive authority as the mother of the child, executed a relinquishment of child for adoption to the Nevada State Welfare department.

Richard Scott Maynard, the minor child, who had been born on September 27, 1963, was placed in a temporary foster home upon the execution of the relinquishment and he remained there until...

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