Natural Mother v. Adopting Parents

I agree with the majority upholding Judge Hardy’s authority to conduct the hearing. I agree that the interlocutory order was in error in purporting to sever the parental rights.

There are two minor issues, both of which I would decide favorably to the ap-pellees. In my opinion the majority has so ruled by not answering these issues. These issues are relative to the question of the service of the adoption petition upon the State Department of Public Welfare, A.R.S. § 8-105, and the question relative to the use of the adoptions examiner’s report.

In my opinion our statute (A.R.S. § 8-104) is…