ELLIS v. KRISTICH

0108-69096; A117366.

84 P.3d 1101 (2004)

192 Or. App. 213

In the Matter of the Adoption of M. Christopher Sean Ellis, a Minor Child. Melvin Collier ELLIS and Kjersten Janel Oquist, Appellants, v. Alicia KRISTICH, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon E. Kelly argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

No appearance for respondent.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG and BREWER, Judges.


LANDAU, P.J.

Father and stepmother petitioned for stepmother's adoption of father's child. They asked that mother's consent be dispensed with on the ground that mother willfully deserted or neglected to provide proper care and maintenance of child without just and sufficient cause for more than a year before the filing of the petition. ORS 109.324. The trial court found that petitioners failed to demonstrate mother's willful desertion or neglect without sufficient...

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