IN RE ADOPTION OF NANEGUS


496 P.2d 32 (1972)

ADOPTION OF Marcus Whitman NANEGUS, a Minor, and the Change of His Name. Juanita Marie Cox and Joe Don Cox, Appellants, v. William Allen Valdez, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 2.

Decided April 21, 1972.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1972.

Review Denied July 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Eickelberg, Corvallis, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

S. David Eves, Corvallis, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ringo, Walton, McClain & Eves, Corvallis.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and FORT, JJ.


FOLEY, Judge.

Petitioners appeal from an order of the trial court which denied their petition to adopt Marcus Nanegus.1

The child was born March 14, 1968, in Pendleton, Oregon. His mother, Mildred Nanegus, was unmarried and the father's name was not given on the birth certificate. When the mother and baby left the hospital they went to the home of Mrs. Jones who had raised Mildred since early childhood. The child lived with Mrs...

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