Dolbow v. Beamer

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOPLIN, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellants Thomas E. Dolbow, II, (Father) and Elisha Dolbow (Wife) seek review of the trial court’s order holding Appellants not entitled to adopt Appellant Father’s *257biological child, B.N.D., without the consent of B.N.D.’s biological mother, Appellee Dolly Dolbow Beamer (Mother). In this appeal, Appellants assert that Mother’s failure to pay child support pursuant to Mother and Father’s divorce decree rendered unnecessary her consent to adoption of B.N.D. by Father’s new wife, and that in any event, the trial court’s failure to appoint independent counsel…