IN RE WELFARE OF MARY D.

Nos. 16718-6-III, 16978-2-III.

975 P.2d 1 (1999)

94 Wash.App. 582

In re the WELFARE OF MARY D. Deborah W. and Michael D., Appellants, v. Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent. In re the Adoption of Mary D. Gregg McDonald and Mary McDonald, husband and wife, Appellants. v. Department of Social and Health Services; and Troy M. and Megan M., husband and wife, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Three.

Publication Ordered March 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.R. Van Camp, Dustin D. Deissner, W.R. Van Camp P.C., Spokane, WA, for Appellant(s) and other parties.

Sonja L. Peterson, Cheryl L. Wolfe, Assistant Attorney General, Spokane, WA, for Respondent(s).


SCHULTHEIS, C.J.

Not long after their parental rights were terminated—one by voluntary relinquishment and one by default—Mary D's parents moved to set aside the terminations of rights. The trial court affirmed the court commissioner's ruling that denied the motion. The court also dismissed the adoption petition filed by Gregg and Mary McDonald, an Oregon couple who wished to adopt Mary. On appeal, Mary's birth mother argues that her relinquishment of...

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