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IN RE ADOPTION OF MINOR CHILD

No. 4622.

438 P.2d 398 (1968)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF a Male MINOR CHILD, born on November 14, 1961, by William Lee Moore, the legal spouse of Maureen Frances Hauschold Moore, the child's legal parent, Petitioner-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen B. Ryan, Clark, Corey, Robinson, Ryan & Ryan, Honolulu, for appellant.

Gene A. Trini, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MIZUHA, MARUMOTO, ABE and LEVINSON, JJ.

MIZUHA, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether the non-consenting father to an adoption proceeding abandoned his child for a period of six months within the meaning of § 331-2, R.L.H. 1955, as amended.

Maureen and William Csencsits were married in New York City on February 4, 1961. A child, William, was born to them on November 14, 1961. In 1963, the mother took the child to Florida where she obtained a divorce decree from the father...

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