A judgment without such citation and opportunity wants all the attributes of a judicial determination.'" Adoption of Bascom, 126 Mont. 129 ( 246 P.2d 223); In re Adoption of a Minor, 160 F.2d 928; Storey v. Shumaker, 131 Colo. 131 ( 279 P.2d 1057); In re Holder, 218 N.C. 136 ( 10 S.E.2d 620); In Graham v. Lee, 204 Miss. 416 ( 37 So.2d 735); In re Smith's Estate, 195 P.2d 842 (Calif. App.
As the trial court stated, cases such as these are difficult ones to decide. In In re Adoption of a Minor, 160 F.2d 928, the court observed: "Cases such as this have always been the unquestioned acme of difficulty in the administration of justice. The forfeit is the life of the child, wholly unconscious of the struggle about it.