STATE EX REL. TANZER v. WILLIAMS


502 P.2d 596 (1972)

STATE of Oregon ex rel. Jacob B. Tanzer, Director of the Department of Human Resources, and John H. Galvin, Administrator of the Children's Services Division of the State of Oregon, Relators, v. The Honorable Darrell J. WILLIAMS, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Polk County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided November 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn V. Kelty, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for relators. With her on the brief was Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., Salem.

C.S. Emmons, Albany, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Emmons, Kyle, Kropp & Kryger, Albany.


Argued and Submitted on Responent's Demurrer to Alternative Writ of Mandamus July 5, 1972.

O'CONNELL, Chief Justice.

The relators, representing the Children's Services Division of the Department of Human Resources, seek a writ of mandamus to compel defendant, as circuit judge, to dismiss a pending adoption proceeding on the ground that the Children's Services Division has not given its consent to the adoption of the child.

The child was born on October...

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