In Re Christie

This appeal is from an order of the superior court of Los Angeles County, in department No. 27, denying a motion to set aside a decree of adoption. The motion was made under the provisions of section 473 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The facts may be summarized as follows, to wit: Richard H. Christie, Jr., is the son of appellant Richard H. Christie and his wife, Ruth A'. Christie. He was born October 8, 1922. The petition for adoption of said minor child was filed by H. H. Sheafer and Clara Sheafer, his wife, who were the maternal grandparents. The petition shows that Ruth A.' Christie, the mother of said child, secured an interlocutory judgment of divorce from her husband, Richard H. Christie, upon the grounds of extreme cruelty, on the eighth day of March, 1926, in department seven of the superior court, in and for Los Angeles County. It is alleged that on March 9, 1927, a final judgment of divorce was entered in this matter in favor of Ruth A. Christie and against Richard H. Christie; and that the mother of said child consented in writing to the adoption of the said child by the petitioners. The remaining averments in the petition for adoption are apparently in due form. It…