Application of Hendrickson

The HONORABLE GORDON R. BENNETT, District Judge, Sitting for CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON,

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from dismissal of proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus and denial of relief sought therein.

Appellant gave birth to a child March 20, 1971, in Great Falls, Montana. Two days later she executed the following form presented to her by a Cascade County Welfare Department case worker.

“Affidavit of Waiver and Consent to Adoption

“State of Montana "j f ss “County of Cascade J

“The undersigned parent, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That…