HomeMy WebLinkAbout650265.tiffTHOMAS A. RICHARDSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARVARD BUILDING
922% NINTH AVENUE
GREELE_Y. COLORADO
November 12, 1965
Mr. George N. Stout
Administrator
Weld County General Hospital
Greeley, Colorado
Dear Mr. Stout:
In order to answer your questions as presen d in your letter
of November S, 1965, I have had a confer -t - District. Court
Judge, Roy Briggs, who handles all adoptions n County.
Judge I3riggs 1s strongly agains
ed in the Aurora case. The paper
legal document by which you can r
a certified court order of reli
to whom you should release the ch
The Statute which coat reli
is Section 22 - 5(1) thr
That statute is pu
In District Court for
whomsoever the Court se
may take place as set u
Arrangem
prospective
infants with
years ago be
infants.
should
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t the prop
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into effe
relinqui
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elinqu►ishnL as present -
the mother is not a
child. You must have
resentt:d to you, btatii .;
ishment of a minor child
by the parent filing a petition
meat awarding the child to
wing relinquishment then adoption
4--1-1 to 4_1-1.
no • made by doctors, n t tornc ys or
h the hospital for relinquishment of
court order. This was stopped some
anger of a "black market" situation in
A baby shout a your hospital with its natural parent or
parents or after you have received a Court L•rder of Relinquishment
signed VT —one of our district court judges. As Judge r.•i ; .s say.
that the hospital should not be a party to this type of arra.nge:,e„t
at all.
The only standard, safe, legal procedure to follow is that
you as administrator insist upon a certified relinquishment order
from the District Court prior to releasing a baby wader the
circumstances presented in your letter.
I do not know if you have the above mentioned Statue :a availatle
to you, and if not, we can: photo copies for your reference.
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THOMAS A. RICHARDSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARVARD BUILDING
922% NINTH AVENUE
GREELEY. COLORADO
You are very wise in having this situation checked for legal
procedures prior to the situation getting out of hand, and if I
can be of further assistance in solving this problem, do not
hesitate to let me know.
Yours tru
Thomas A.I$ichardson
TAR:hi
Weld County General Hospital
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF NORTHERN COLORADO
November 8, 1965
ADMINISTRATOR$
GEORI N STOUT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CARL W LINDEN PRES
CONRAD SMITH VICE PRES.
ROBERT A REESE SECY.
SHELDON D. BROOKS
J NORMAN BROWN
ROBERT C HUSMAN
GLENN E ANDERSON
SIXTEEN-" STR FT
Mr. Thomas Richardson, Esquire
922 1/2 9th Avenue
Greeley, Colorado
Dear Mr. Richardson:
It will be appreciated if you will advise us as to the
legal procedure, including suggested forms, to follow
in relinquishing an infant up for adoption to other than
the infants rightful parent or parents.
At one time this was handled through the County Wel-
fare Department but apparently this is no longer the
case. Our problem is that arrangements are made by
doctors, attorneys and prospective parents and social
service case workers who arrive to claim the child
without proper legal authority for relinquishment.
As an example, an Aurora couple arrived this morning
stating that arrangements had been made -with rr,
and Melvin Dinner. After a number of calls and rry
confusion I got a "Relinquishment of Rights and CT "3en'_
for Adoption" (copy enclosed) which may or may 7 D e
proper since it does not contain the name of the evrt
or the attorney.
Of course, I insist en obtaining a release similar to the
attached, but this in itself is not sufficient, I am sure.
Frequently the infant's mother, often an unwed minor,
has been dismissed prior to relinquishment. Often the
name of the mother is not to be revealed to the prospec-
tive parents which also presents problem. There should
be a standard, safe, legal procedure to follow and we will
appreciate your counsel on the matter.
GNS/rtb
Enclosures
A.' SEVENTEENTH AVENUE
Cordially,
Geonte N. Stout
Administrator
vR EELEY, COLORADO SL631
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