In Re Adoption of Ellis

Dwayne Mozena and his wife Donna appeal from an order overruling their motion for new trial after judgment dismissing their petition for adoption of Dawn Cherie Ellis.

July 23, 1965, appellants filed in the Polk District Court their petition for adoption of Dawn Cherie, a female child born September 18, 1964. Dawn was received into appellants’ home September 24 by agreement and consent of her natural mother, Velma Ellis.

Velma Ellis was divorced from Dawn’s father, Ernest Rex Ellis, March 31, 1964, in Scott County. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were the parents of two other children and Velma was pregnant…