M.A.F. v. E.J.S.

In this pending adoption proceeding initiated by E.J.S. (“Stepfather”), M.A.F. (“Father”) challenges an order terminating his parental rights and excusing his consent to the adoption of his minor children, based on a finding of abandonment. We affirm.

Stepfather and the mother of the minor children (“Mother”) were married on April 21, 2001. At some point before Christmas of 2002, they requested that Father sign a waiver so that Stepfather could adopt Mother’s and Father’s two children. When Father refused, the instant petition to terminate Father’s parental rights pending adoption was filed in…