Foley v. Carnesi

This is an adoption proceeding in which the natural mother, respondent here, was successful in the juvenile court in obtaining judgment vacating an interlocutory decree of adoption naming petitioners as the adoptive parents. The contending parties have signed an agreed statement of facts which includes the following:

December 17, 1949, petitioners filed petition seeking the adoption of the child. A relinquishment of rights and consent to adoption signed by the natural mother was attached to the petition. In addition, the natural mother signed a letter addressed to the juvenile court prior to…