In Re the Adoption of Reinius

55 Wn.2d 117 (1959)

346 P.2d 672

In the Matter of the Adoption of JANETTE REINIUS and NANETTE REINIUS, Minors.[1]

No. 34589.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 19, 1959.

Arthur G. Barnett and Hugo Metzler, Jr., for appellant.

Metzger, Blair & Gardner, for respondents.

FINLEY, J.

In this appeal the appellant, Washington Children's Home Society, challenges the validity of a decree of adoption.

The two minors in question are twins, born in September 1956 to an unmarried mother. She requested aid from the Pierce county welfare department in caring for the two minor children. It was…