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IN MATTER OF ADOPTION OF R.P.R.

No. 79-1875.

95 Wis.2d 573 (1980)

291 N.W.2d 591

IN the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF R.P.R. Ronald and Margaret BRANDT, Appellants, v. Patricia RIORDAN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Stephen W. Hayes and von Briesen & Redmond, S.C., and Dale P. Gerdes and Gutknecht & Gerdes, co-counsel of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Stephen W. Hayes.

The guardian ad litem was Stanley F. Hack, of Milwaukee, who submitted briefs and presented oral argument.

For the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of David L. Walther, John Sundquist and Walther & Halling of Milwaukee, and oral argument by David L. Walther.

Before Decker, C.J., Moser, P.J., and Brown, J.

BROWN, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court awarding custody of R.P.R., an infant, to the respondent Patricia Riordan, the biological mother. Ronald and Margaret Brandt, the adoptive parents of R.P.R., seek to reverse the trial court's order due to abuse of discretion. The trial court based its decision, in part, upon a presumption in favor of the natural parent and, in part, upon a finding that there was sufficient evidence adduced by Ms. Riordan...

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