La Follette v. Van Weelden

309 So.2d 197 (1975)

Gary Joseph LA FOLLETTE, Appellant,

v.

Jerry Ray VAN WEELDEN, Appellee.

No. V-248.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 14, 1975.

Janet W. Behnke, Ocala, for appellant.

Stanley Ray Gill, Musleh & Gill, Ocala, for appellee.

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the natural father from a final judgment of adoption of a three-year old child awarded to the stepfather of the child.

The natural father and mother were divorced in Iowa in March or May of 1972, In July 1972, the mother moved to Ocala, Florida, and shortly thereafter the petitioner-appellee in this…