Legal Opinion
Adoption of Bird
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 26, 1960No. Civ. 24213PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFord, J.
In this adoption matter, the minor’s natural father, Dale Bird, has appealed from the order denying his motion to vacate and set aside the decree of adoption and from the order granting the motion of the adoptive father, Frank Martin Celusta, Jr., for the entry of such decree nunc pro tunc as of the date upon which Celusta’s petition for adoption was heard.
The child was born on March 30, 1954, while the mother was married to Dale Bird. That marriage was terminated by divorce. On November 15, 1957, the mother, who had custody of the child, married Frank Martin Celusta, Jr. The natural father,…
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