Adoption of D.A.H. v. J.P.H.

PRITCHARD, Judge.

A petition for the adoption of D.A.H., who was born on September 3, 1971, by his natural mother, S.L.S., and her present husband, R.W.S., the child’s stepfather, was denied by the Juvenile Division of the circuit court on October 24, 1985. The child’s natural father is J.P.H., the marriage between him and D.A.H.’s mother was dissolved on April 25, 1975, with the custody of the child being awarded to the mother, with reasonable visitation rights to J.P.H., who was ordered to pay $80 per month to her for child support.

After the marriage dissolution, with the mother’s…