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ADOPTION OF KELSEY S.

Docket No. S014775.

1 Cal.4th 816 (1992)

823 P.2d 1216

4 Cal. Rptr.2d 615

Adoption of KELSEY S., a Minor. STEVEN A. et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. RICKIE M., Defendant and Appellant. RICKIE M., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KARI S., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alys Briggs, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Van Deusen, Youmans & Walmsley and Christian R. Van Deusen for Plaintiffs and Respondents and for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.

The primary question in this case is whether the father of a child born out of wedlock may properly be denied the right to withhold his consent to his child's adoption by third parties despite his diligent and legal attempts to obtain custody of his child and to rear it himself, and absent any showing of the father's unfitness as a parent. We conclude that, under these circumstances, the federal constitutional guarantees...

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