In Re Adoption of Lybbert

Ott, J. †

February 7, 1967, John R. Hansen and Lois E. Hansen, his wife, petitioned the Superior Court for Grant County for an order of abandonment in an adoption proceedings as provided by RCW 26.32.040. The petition alleged that Patrice Elane Lybbert, Brian R. Lybbert, and Gregg Weston Lybbert, minor children bom to the union of Robert W. Lybbert and Lois E. Lybbert (now Hansen), had been abandoned by Robert W. Lybbert following their divorce and that John R. Hansen be authorized, without the consent of the natural father, to petition for the adoption of said children. The petition was heard…