D.D. v. D.P.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

In this case, the parties are before this Court for the third time concerning essentially the same stepparent adoption proceedings. Appellant-petitioner D.D. (Stepfather) married K.D. (Mother) in 2007 and wanted to adopt her two children from a previous marriage. However, the children’s father, appellee-respondent D.P. (Father), resides in Washington D.C., and Mother could not convince him to consent to the adoption. Nevertheless, Stepfather’s petition for adoption was granted in 2010 but was vacated for lack of notice to Father.

Another hearing on the adoption petition was…