Nelson v. Bye

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment and decree for adoption of appellant’s minor children by his divorced wife and her present husband. Minn. St. 259.24, subd. 1(b), provides that no child shall be adopted without the consent of his parents, except where a parent has abandoned the child or has lost custody through a divorce decree. This case raises the issue as to whether the consent of the father is necessary under circumstances where by an amended decree custody was given to the mother subject to the right of the father to reasonable visitation and “to take the children with…