In Re Koger

We have before us two appeals by James W. Dennis and Marjorie M. Dennis, his wife, one from an order denying their petition for the adoption of Clara Marie Koger, a minor child, and the other from an order permanently committing said minor child to the Albertina Kerr Homes (which is hereinafter referred to as The Homes), with a view to adoption. As both appeals involve the same minor, we are treating them concurrently in this opinion.

From the record it appears that on July 11, 1950, a petition was filed with the Multnomah County Circuit Court, Department of Domestic Relations, alleging the…