Jagodzinski Adoption Case

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

These appeals raise the question of whether or not a father has voluntarily abandoned his two minor children so as to permit their adoption without his written consent.

Appellant Walter Jagodzinski and his wife, Barbara, had two children born to them prior to the divorce decree which she obtained in Nevada in 1966. The divorce decree awarded exclusive custody of the children to Barbara “subject to defendant’s right of reasonable visitation at all times and subject to defendant’s right to have the custody during two (2) months of each Summer vacation and on…