In Re the Adoption of Watson

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

TSUKIYAMA, C. J.

The juvenile court of the first circuit court issued a decree declaring the adoption of two minor children by the husband of their natural and legal mother. Their natural father was deceased. By the same decree, their surname was changed to that of the adoptive father. The decree was made effective as of August 5, 1955.

Approximately three months thereafter, to wit, on November 28, 1955, the paternal grandfather of the children, Numa A. Watson, petitioned the court to set aside the decreé of adoption “at least to the extent that the decree effects a…