Bevis v. Bevis

Lewis, Justice.

This is a proceeding by a stepmother to adopt the two minor children of her husband by a prior marriage which had been ended by divorce. The proceeding was brought against the husband, the natural mother, and the two children. The husband and the guardian ad litem for the children joined in the reqüest for adoption, but the natural mother refused to consent and contested the proceeding. The main issue under the pleadings concerned the necessity for the consent of the natural mother to the adoption. The step*350mother alleged and sought to prove that the consent of the natural…