W.E.B. Applying for Adoption

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

L The stepfather of two minor children petitioned for intra-family adoption. The trial court denied the petition, concluding that although the natural father failed to make child support payments for approximately six months and his consent to the adoption was dispensed with, the adoption of these children by their stepfather was not in the children’s best interest.

I

ISSUE

We shall consider whether the trial court committed manifest error in denying the stepfather’s petition for intra-family adoption of his wife’s two minor children.

II

FACTS

The mother of the children,…