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IN RE ADOPTION OF PETERSEN

No. 3933.

486 P.2d 887 (1971)

In re ADOPTION OF Teina Kay PETERSEN, a Minor. Marvin PETERSEN and Pauline Petersen, Appellants (Objectors below), v. Raymond B. BYRD, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer J. Scott, of Scott & Joffe, Worland, for appellants.

Floyd D. Gorrell, Worland, for appellee.

Before McINTYRE, C.J., and PARKER, McEWAN and GRAY, JJ.

Chief Justice McINTYRE delivered the opinion of the court.

This matter involves a proceeding for the adoption of Teina Kay Petersen, a minor. The girl's paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Petersen, of Sturgis, South Dakota, objected to the court's jurisdiction. An order for the adoption was nevertheless entered and the Petersens have appealed.

Teina's natural father died in an accident. Her mother remarried Raymond Byrd when Teina was seven years old. About...

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