Monty S. & Teresa S. v. Jason W. & Rebecca W.

Nebraska Advance Sheets 1048 290 NEBRASKA REPORTS Monty S. and Teresa S., appellees, v. Jason W. and R ebecca W., appellants. ___ N.W.2d ___ Filed May 29, 2015. No. S-14-879. 1. Habeas Corpus: Child Custody: Appeal and Error. A decision in a habeas cor- pus case involving custody of a child is reviewed by an appellate court de novo on the record. 2. Parental Rights: Adoption: Proof. The burden is on the natural parent chal- lenging the validity of a relinquishment of a child for adoption to prove that the relinquishment was not voluntarily given. 3. Parental Rights: Adoption. In the absence…