J_ S_ B v. K_ E_ R

CROW, Judge.

K__ E_R_(“Father”) appeals from a judgment granting the petition of M_ S_B_(“Mother”) and her husband, J.__ S_ B— (“J_”), to adopt E_ R_ E_ R_(“Child One”) and B_ L_ L_ R_ (“Child Two”). Child One and Child Two were born to Mother during her marriage to Father; he sired both children.

The following chronology is pertinent to Father’s two claims of error.

May 11,1992. Child One is born.

September 1993. Father, a member of the armed forces of the United States, is assigned to overseas duty and departs the United States.

April 8,1994. Child Two is born.

May 5,1994. Father, still on active…