IN RE ADOPTION OF JACKSON

No. 44872.

89 Wn.2d 945 (1978)

578 P.2d 33

In the Matter of the Adoption of BABY GIRL JACKSON.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor V. Hoff, for appellant.

Clinton, Fleck, Glein & Brown, by Gordon S. Clinton and Russell R. Pearson, for respondents.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Ted R. Willhite, Assistant, amici curiae.


UTTER, J.

Appellant, the natural mother of Baby Girl Jackson, raises three issues concerning adoption procedures on this appeal: (1) May a natural parent's consent to an adoption be revoked after entry of a formal order of relinquishment and approval of consent, but prior to the decree of adoption? (2) Must a natural mother's consent to adoption identify by name the persons adopting the child? (3) Is it a denial of due process to fail to give to the natural mother...

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