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PETITION OF LINEHAN

No. 47892.

280 N.W.2d 29 (1979)

In the Matter of the Petition of Richard L. LINEHAN and Carol S. Linehan, His Wife, to Adopt James Robert Bryant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kempf & Miller and James D. Kempf, Bloomington, for appellants.

Cochrane & Bresnahan and R. Paul Sharood, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

OTIS, Justice.

This is a proceeding brought by Richard L. Linehan to adopt his stepchild, James Robert Bryant, contested by Robert Wade Bryant, the child's natural father. A bifurcated hearing was conducted by Lindsay G. Arthur, Judge of the District Court of Hennepin County, Juvenile Division.

The first hearing considered whether or not the natural father had abandoned his child or was unfit to exercise his parental...

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