In the Interest of G. M. D. v. M. D.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

The natural father, M. D., appeals from the action of the trial court dismissing his motion to set aside a decree providing for the adoption of his daughters by his ex-wife and her husband. The adoption was granted at a hearing at which M. D. did not appear. Service had been obtained upon him by publication.

In his motion to set aside the judgment in the adoption proceeding (filed within three months of the judgment of adoption) M. D. alleged a series of grounds for setting aside the decree. The court dismissed three of the four counts of that motion without hearing and…