Legal Opinion
Loraine Mullins Charles Mullins v. State of Oregon Oregon Children's Services Division Kay Dean Toran, Administrator Mary Acklin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1995No. 94-35777PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether biological connection, standing alone, gives a grandmother a constitutionally protected liberty interest in the adoption of her grandchildren. We conclude that it does not and affirm the district court’s dismissal of this case.
I
This case concerns the lives of two Oregon children. Loraine and Charles Mullins, both Washington residents, wish to adopt the two children. Loraine Mullins is the children’s paternal grandmother. Charles Mullins, who only recently married Loraine, has no blood relation to the children. He is, if there be such…
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