Prospective Adoptive Parents v. Vaughan

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Prospective adoptive parents appeal a decision which dismissed their petition to adopt Baby Boy Dzuroveak and awarded custody of the child to his natural father, Terry Vaughan. This appeal marks the second time that lower court proceedings in the cause have been reviewed. In an earlier decision, Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy Dzurovcak (1990), Ind.App., 556 N.E.2d 951, 952, Baker, J., concurring, this Court determined that Vaughan could not veto the adoption pursuant to IND.CODE § 31-3-1-6(a)(2) (1988 Ed.) inasmuch as he had not established paternity in a proceeding other than…