Olsen v. Davidson

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Sutton.

Plaintiff in error Olsen was plaintiff in the trial court where he had filed motions to void adoptions of his three children by two couples, the Davidsons and the Tafts, who are the defendants in error. We will refer to the parties by name or as they appear before us in this proceeding.

While Olsen was on active duty overseas with the United States Navy his three children were declared dependent and neglected in the County Court of Garfield County, Colorado. Some two months later, in June of 1953, by virtue of two separate adoption proceedings in the same…