In Re Adoption of Simonton

The county court entered a decree which was filed on January 14, 1981, ordering the adoption of Eric and Dana Simonton, then ages 10 and 13 respectively, on the petition of Kenneth L. and Juleen L. Young, the stepfather and natural mother of said children. In doing so, it found that Howard L. Simonton, the natural father, had “abandoned his minor children in excess of six months before the institution of these proceedings.” Howard appealed to the District Court, which affirmed the county court, and the matter is now here on appeal following the filing of a notice of appeal in the trial court…