In re the Appeal in Yuma County Juvenile Court Action Number J-87-119

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court terminating the parental rights of the father of a boy who is now twelve years of age. The question on review is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in finding that the father had abandoned the child. We conclude that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion, and we affirm the order of termination.

The facts are as follows. The child’s father and mother were married in 1976 in the State of Missouri. The child was born in February 1977. Approximately two months after the child was born, the…