ADOPTION OF MICHELLE

Docket No. 34486.

44 Cal.App.3d 699 (1975)

117 Cal. Rptr. 856

Adoption of MICHELLE T., a Minor. RALPH B. et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Objector and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

January 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Vasquez & Vasquez and Louis V. Vasquez for Petitioners and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Elizabeth Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, and Eleanor Nisperos, Deputy Attorney General, for Objector and Respondent.


OPINION

TAYLOR, P.J.

This is an appeal by petitioners, Ralph and Alice B., age 71 and 55 years, respectively, from a judgment denying their petition for the independent adoption of T., a 2-year-old female child. They contend that the court abused its discretion as their petition was denied on the sole ground of their age, without consideration of other relevant factors and the overriding "best interest of the child." We have concluded...

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