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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF VOSS

No. 4542.

550 P.2d 481 (1976)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF George Robert VOSS, II, a minor child. George R. VOSS, Appellant (Contestant below), v. Jack J. RALSTON, II, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Hofer, Casper, signed the brief and appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellant.

Philip N. Nash, Juneau, Alaska, signed the brief and appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellee.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ.

RAPER, Justice.

The trial court allowed adoption of the child of a non-consenting father. The crucial question in this appeal, presented by the father-appellant, involves the construction of § 1-710.2, W.S. 1957, 1975 Cum. Supp., Laws, 1963, Ch. 59, § 8:

"An adoption may be decreed without the written consent of the parent or parents of the child sought to be adopted where said non-consenting mother or father: "(a) has been adjudged guilty...

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