HALLFORD v. SMITH

58-89-04466; CA A69472.

852 P.2d 249 (1993)

120 Or. App. 57

In the Matter of the Adoption of Tausha Hallford, a Child. Loretta HALLFORD and William Hallford, Appellants, v. Eric V. SMITH, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 12, 1993.

Reconsideration Denied July 28, 1993.

Review Denied August 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol K. Chadwick, Eugene, argued the cause, for appellants. With her on the brief were Carol J. Hamilton and Anne Morrison, Eugene.

Susan Schmerer, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief, for respondent.

Before ROSSMAN, P.J., and DE MUNIZ and LEESON, JJ.


ROSSMAN, Presiding Judge.

Petitioners, mother and her husband, appeal from a judgment that set aside husband's adoption of mother's child because respondent, the putative father, did not receive notice of the adoption proceedings. We reverse.

In February, 1987, mother, then 18, became pregnant. In March of that year, she told respondent, who was then 17, that he was child's father but that she did not want to marry him. Later that month, she ended their relationship...

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