Freitas v. Manlowe

This case is a sequel to In re Freitas, 53 Wn. (2d) 722, 336 P. (2d) 865, in which it appeared that the Freitas family were residents of Hawaii; that Mrs. Freitas died while she and her minor daughter were visiting her sister, Mrs. Ella Manlowe, in Seattle; that Mrs. Man-lowe had petitioned for appointment as the child’s guardian; that the guardianship proceeding had been consolidated with a proceeding in the juvenile court looking to a decree of dependency of the child; and that this court had ordered the juvenile proceeding to be held in abeyance until the guardianship proceeding had been…