S.B.B. v. J.W.B.

OPINION

NICKELL, Judge.

S.B.B. (Stepfather) has appealed from an order of the Daviess Circuit Court denying his petition to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of J.W.B. (Father) to J.C.B., Father’s minor son, and to adopt the child. The court’s sole reason for denying the petition was Father’s sporadic payment of child support by wage deduction over approximately eight years of the child’s life. After a careful review of the record, we reverse and remand this matter for further proceedings.

Stepfather filed the instant action on October 31, 2008. Father, pro se, responded and indicated…