IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY BOY L

No. 53,592

231 Kan. 199 (1982)

643 P.2d 168

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF BABY BOY L.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Fahey, of Native American Law Project, Legal Services of Northeast Kansas, of Horton, and Bertram E. Hirsch, of Floral Park, New York, argued the cause, and Susan Ellis, of Legal Aid Society of Wichita, Inc., of Wichita, and Ross A. Hollander, of Wichita, were with them on the brief for appellants.

Randall H. Elam, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Vincent L. Bogart, of Vincent L. Bogart, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees.

Jan Goslin, of Mayetta, was on the brief in propria persona for the amicus curiae, Four Tribes Children's Program.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HOLMES, J.:

This is an appeal from sundry trial court rulings and findings and from a decree of adoption entered by the Sedgwick County District Court. Carmon Perciado (Perciado), the putative father of Baby Boy L., an infant born out of wedlock, Quelin and Ernestine Perciado, the baby's paternal grandparents, and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, are the appellants. The adoptive parents are the appellees. The baby is the...

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