In Re the Adoption of a Minor

A husband and wife.who were married prior to July 13,1942, are the natural mother and father of a legitimate child born April 2, 1943. The husband enlisted in this state July 13, 1942, in the armed forces of the United States. He visited his wife at her home in this state in November, 1943, returning to his station November 23, 1943. He was transferred December 10, 1943, to a port in eastern United States for shipment overseas, from which port he departed March 1, 1944, to the European theater of operations, where he was continuously until October 4,1945, when he returned to the United States.