Whetmore v. Fratello

This is a suit to set aside and declare null and void a decree of adoption entered in the county court for Coos county, Oregon, brought by James Edward Whet-more, as plaintiff, against Benny J. Fratello and Phyl lis Joanne Fratello, husband and wife, and the state of Oregon, as defendants. A decree was entered dismissing plaintiff’s suit with prejudice, and he appeals.

On January 19,1948, a decree of divorce was duly entered in the circuit court for Multnomah county in favor of Phyllis Joanne Whetmore against her then husband, James Edward Whetmore, and the custody of Edward Claude Whetmore,…