HARMAN, C.J. Retired:
This is an appeal from an order denying an adoption of a minor child because the written consent of the natural mother was invalid for want of authority in the officer before whom its execution was acknowledged.
The child, the legitimate issue of appellee Valerie L. Trent and her husband Ronny L. Trent, was born July 25, 1978, in a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
In March or April, 1978, discussions began between appellee's...
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