In re the Adoption of Lease

Citations

• 99 Wash. 413

Syllabus

<p>Appeal—Review—Preservation of Grounds. In the absence of findings or statement of facts, the court cannot review the questions of fact upon vacating a decree of adoption.</p> <p>Adoption — Proceedings — Consent of Parents —• Divorce—Statutes—Construction. Under Rem. Code, § 1696, requiring the consent of both parents for the adoption of a child and the consent of both parents if living separate and apart hut such consent may he given by the parent having the care and custody of a child, a divorced husband must give consent where the decree of divorce awarding the custody of the child to the wife did not sever absolutely the husband’s legal relation, hut gave him the right to visit the child at any and all times within reason; since the adoption severs absolutely the parents’ relations, and the statute as to consent to such change must be strictly construed.</p>