In re the Adoption of Rising

Citations

• 104 Wash. 581

Syllabus

<p>Adoption (5) —Notice — Persons Entitled. A divorcee, who came into the possession of a child in its infancy, and had no interest except to pay alimony awarded for its support, not being the father of the child, is not entitled to notice of proceedings for its adoption.</p> <p>Same (4) — Consent of Mother. A writing whereby the mother voluntarily gives up all claim to her infant child, then delivered to a foundling home, is sufficient consent to a subsequent adoption of the child, and obviates the necessity of notice to the mother under Rem. Code, § 1696.</p> <p>Same (5) — Notice—Sufficiency. Where a child has been declared a dependent child and made a ward of the juvenile department of the superior court, subsequent adoption proceedings in the same court are sufficient notice to the juvenile department, the knowledge of the judge hearing the matter being at least notice of the hearing to the other department.</p> <p>Same (9) — Setting Aside — Fitness of Petitionee. Where, in dependency proceedings, a woman had been found to be a suitable person to have custody of the dependent child, and later on obtaining a divorce she was again awarded its custody as a suitable person, an objection to adoption proceedings by her that a next friend should have been appointed to represent the infant on the determination of the fitness of the petitioner, is insufficient to warrant vacation of a decree of adoption.</p>