In Re the Adoption of R.M.

delivered to Opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves an adoption proceeding held in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County. Appellant, R.E.M, the natural father and respondent below, appeals the January 13, 1989 order and January 31, 1989 decree terminating his parental rights and granting the adoption of his children by their stepfather. The District Court ruled that the natural father’s consent was not required for the adoption because he had failed to provide support to his children pursuant to a court ordered decree of dissolution. We affirm.

The natural father raises…