MATTER OF ADOPTION OF REEVES


554 P.2d 617 (1976)

26 Or.App. 763

In the Matter of the ADOPTION of Stephanie Rae Anne REEVES, a Minor. Gary C. SWARTHOUT and Anne K. Swarthout, Appellants, v. Stephen Ray REEVES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Busch, Portland, filed the brief for appellants.

No appearance for respondent.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON and TANZER, JJ.


TANZER, Judge.

The natural mother and the stepfather of a minor child petition for a decree making the stepfather the adoptive father. The respondent is the child's natural father and the former spouse of the natural mother. Having failed to obtain the father's consent to the adoption, the petitioners sought to prove that such consent was unnecessary by virtue of ORS 109.324, which provides in pertinent part:

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