State ex rel. Johnson v. Poyhonen

This matter is before the court pursuant to a writ of certiorari to review an order entered January 31, 1957, by the respondent, as visiting judge of the superior court for Thurston county, juvenile department, by which the relator was permanently and absolutely deprived of the custody of her three minor children. The children were declared to be dependent children and made wards of the court, which further made the children available for adoption by suitable persons with the consent of the probation officer and the approval of the court.

The record reveals a petition filed September 2, 1955,…