Curtiss v. Hagen

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for amended findings or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The case arose out of a petition filed in the juvenile court of Chippewa County for the adoption of Gerald Hagen by Arlin and Velma Curtiss, alleging that the child’s natural parents, Gerald LeRoy Hagen and Dona Hagen, had abandoned him.

At the time, Mrs. Curtiss, an aunt, was the child’s guardian, having been so appointed by order of the probate court on March 23, 1965.

The juvenile court found that the Hagens had not abandoned the child within the meaning…