RITCHIE v. CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF ST. PAUL

No. 44559.

216 N.W.2d 900 (1974)

In re Petition of Robert A. Ritchie for the Adoption of Anthony James Ritchie. Robert A. RITCHIE, petitioner, Appellant, v. CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF ST. PAUL, Respondent, Catholic Home Bureau for Dependent Children, Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broeker, Bachman & Zerby, and R. Walter Bachman, Jr., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Alexander L. Janes, Jr., St. Paul, Keith D. Kennedy, St. Louis Park, for Children's Home Soc.

Berde, Leonard & Weinblatt, St. Paul, for respondents.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and OTIS, MacLAUGHLIN, and MULALLY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court.


EDWARD D. MULALLY, Justice.*

This appeal brings into question the denial by the Hennepin County District Court, Juvenile Division, of the petition of Robert A. Ritchie for the adoption of Anthony James Ritchie.

Anthony Ritchie, a male child, was born on October 21, 1969, in New York City. On April 28, 1970, his mother surrendered the child to the commissioner of social services of New York City for adoption. The commissioner transferred...

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