Adoption of Morrison

Appellants submit that sec. 322.04 (9) (b), Stats., should be construed to avoid doubts of its constitutionality and to avoid interference with the rights of natural parents. On the other hand, it is a fundamental of statutory construction that a regularly enacted statute is presumed to be constitutional and the party attacking it has the burden of overcoming the presumption and showing it to be unconstitutional. State v. Stehlek (1953), 262 Wis. 642, 645, 56 N. W. (2d) 514. Appellants contend that sub. (9) (b) is unconstitutional because by it the legislature attempted to exercise judicial…