B.D.B. v. Wilson

QUINCE, Associate Judge.

This case arises out of the attempted adoption of S.A.B. by B.D.B., the child’s stepfather. We believe that the trial court correctly determined, under prevailing case law, that the biological father’s consent was needed before B.D.B. could adopt the child. We therefore affirm the trial court’s denial of adoption.

Robert Wilson (Wilson), the biological father, and the mother of the child began dating when both worked at a mall in Tampa, Florida. S.A.B. was conceived when the mother was fifteen and Wilson eighteen. After the pregnancy was confirmed, both parties were…