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IN RE ADOPTION OF MALE CHILD

No. 5583.

539 P.2d 467 (1975)

In the Matter of ADOPTION OF a MALE CHILD, born April 5, 1968.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie T. Bennett, Honolulu (Bennett & Ornelles, Honolulu, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Marilyn Van Winkle, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR, JJ., and SHINTAKU, Circuit Judge, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy.

OGATA, Justice.

The petitioner in this case is seeking to adopt a male minor child (hereinafter referred to as "subject child"). The subject child's natural mother who is the petitioner's wife gave her consent to the adoption. The subject child's natural father refused to consent and opposed the petition. The Family Court for the First Circuit, after a hearing, granted the petition for adoption and the nonconsenting natural father now appeals. We reverse.

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