In Re the Adoption & Change of Name of a Minor

The child involved in this proceeding was born out of wedlock in the state of California. The mother, a former resident of Washington, took up her residence in California about a year prior to its birth. Its father had then resided in California for about ten years and has lived there ever since. He had been married about five years before the child was born, and was then, and still is, living with his lawful wife.

The father paid the doctor and nursing bills incident to childbirth, provided for the necessities of mother and child in various ways, and gave the child his own name in the…