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IN RE ADOPTION OF CREWS

No. 57975-0.

118 Wn.2d 561 (1992)

825 P.2d 305

In the Matter of the Adoption of INFANT BOY CREWS. TAMMY LEE CREWS, ET AL, Petitioners, v. HOPE SERVICES, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Grutz & Scott, by Daniel R. Fjelstad, for petitioner Crews.

Mary Parks, for petitioner Choctaw Nation.

McGavick, Graves, Beale & McNerthney, by Edward R. Lindstrom; Dubuar, Lirhus & Engel, by Albert G. Lirhus and Andrew L. Benjamin, for respondents.

Michele Hinz, as guardian ad litem.

Richard M. Kilmer on behalf of Northwest Intertribal Court System, amicus curiae for petitioners.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Lee Ann Miller, Senior Counsel, amicus curiae for petitioners.

DOLLIVER, J.

Tammy Crews (Crews) began dating Charles Bertiaux in May 1986 and learned she was pregnant in August 1988. At that time, Crews was single, 22 years old and living with her parents, Weldon and Arlene Crews, in Seattle, Washington, where she grew up. In considering the possible adoption of the baby, Crews contacted Hope Services, a private adoption agency, in September 1988.

During the following months, Crews received counseling from Mary Struck...

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