ADOPTION OF BABY BOY D.

No. B151279.

112 Cal.Rptr.2d 760 (2001)

93 Cal.App.4th 1

ADOPTION OF BABY BOY D., a Minor. Stephen V. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants; v. Dolores D., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

As Modified October 30, 2001.

Review Denied January 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Dodd & Associates, John L. Dodd; Gradstein & Gorman, Jane A. Gorman, Tustin, and Marc Gradstein, Burlingame, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Schmiesing, Blied, Stoddart & Mackey and Timothy S. Blied, for Plaintiff and Appellant Bethany Christian Services.

Curtis V. Leftwich, for Defendant and Respondent.

Michael J. Kretzmer, El Segundo, for Minor.


WOODS, J.

Adopting parents Stephen and Sandra V. appeal from an order transferring custody of the minor, Baby Boy D., from the adopting parents to the birth mother, Dolores D. This case involves an agency adoption in which the birth mother did not initial one of 20 boxes on a form known as a statement of understanding supplied by the California Department of Social Services (DSS). We conclude the crux of this appeal is whether there was an effective relinquishment...

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