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WATKINS v. CHIRRICK

526 P.2d 1399 (1974)

In the matter of the Adoption of Darci Joanne Cooper, a Minor. Janice WATKINS, Appellant, v. Gerald G. CHIRRICK and Betty M. Chirrick, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Porter, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Leslie M. Swanson, Jr., Eugene, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Arthur C. Johnson, John B. Arnold and Johnson, Johnson & Harrang, Eugene.

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

FOLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing with prejudice a petition filed by the petitioner-natural mother to vacate the decree of adoption of her child by respondent-adoptive parents. The dismissal followed an order sustaining respondents' demurrer to the petition. Petitioner asserts that consent to the adoption of her baby was not freely and intelligently given and that such consent was necessary as a jurisdictional prerequisite for a valid decree...

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