IN RE ADOPTION OF BROWN


538 P.2d 1268 (1975)

In the matter of the ADOPTION OF Kimberly Kay BROWN and Richard Lyle Brown. Application of Clayton Leonard Brown, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Clayton Leonard Brown, Respondent, v. Thelbert Reed Taylor and Carol Taylor, Husband and Wife, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.D. Van Valkenburgh, The Dalles, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Heisler & Van Valkenburgh, The Dalles.

Gene A. Killeen, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solomon, Warren, Killeen & Kirkman, Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and FORT, JJ.


FORT, Judge.

These matters essentially turned upon the problem of adoption without parental consent, and arose out of two proceedings which were consolidated for trial. In the first, Thelbert Reed Taylor, hereinafter referred to as Reed Taylor, and his wife, Carol Taylor, petitioned for the adoption of two minor children, Richard and Kimberly Brown. Reed Taylor had been married for about 11 months to the natural mother of...

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