Thomas

This is an appeal from an order declaring a minor child free from the custody and control of both of his parents. The appeal is by the natural parents and by Mr. and Mrs. Jasaitis, one of two sets of prospective adoptive parents, all appellants being represented by the same attorney.

The child was born on August 5, 1960. The parents were not then married, but they did marry on October 11, 1960, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A private adoption was planned by parties named Rasmussen, acting through Mr. Robson, an attorney, and the Rasmussens took the baby into their home for one or two days. They were uneasy, however, about a conversation which Mrs. Rasmussen had with the father, who asked for money and for pictures of the child as he would grow up. They took the baby to the Probation Department of Contra Costa County. That department placed the child in a foster home and petitioned the court to declare the child a ward of the juvenile court. Petition was granted on September 12, 1960. Mr. Robson appeared in court, stating that another family, named Jasaitis, wished to adopt the child. An order was made for $75 a month support by the county. The child has been continuously in the foster…