PART II
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Chapters 183 through 210)
TITLE III
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 210
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN AND CHANGE OF NAMES
Section 5
Failure to object after notice; proceedings
Section 5. If, after such notice, a person whose consent is required does not appear and object to the adoption, the court may act upon the petition without his consent, subject to his right of appeal, or it may appoint a guardian ad litem with power to give or withhold consent.
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