In re Adoption of a Minor Child

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

Petitioners seek to adopt a minor child. This court has jurisdiction under Title 16, Section 201 of the District of Columbia Code 1951, petitioners being legal residents of the District of Columbia. The natural mother has intervened seeking to reclaim her child which she previously relinquished to petitioner under a written consent for adoption. The mother now claims the written consent is invalid.

Intervener is unmarried. She became pregnant some time in May, 1953. Upon discovering this she manifested on several occasions her intention to have the child adopted and…