MMM v. AMMJ (In re MMM)

FOX, Justice.

[¶ 1] Father and Stepmother petitioned for a decree of adoption allowing Stepmother to adopt MMM without Mother's consent. The district court denied the petition, finding that Father and Stepmother failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that Mother willfully abandoned MMM or that she willfully failed to pay child support. Father and Stepmother appeal and we affirm.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] 1. Did the district court abuse its discretion when it found that Father and *492Stepmother failed to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that Mother willfully abandoned MMM?

2. Did the district…