Topel v. Miles

ROBERTSON, Judge.

The natural parents of Christopher Ryan Topel, Terry Lynn and Melissa Topel, bring this interlocutory appeal in the proceedings initiated by Robert Lee Miles, Jr. and Anita Kay Miles for Christopher's adoption. The Topels assert the trial court erred in denying their petition for the withdrawal of their consents to the adoption and the termination of their parental rights. The To-pels raise three issues; but, because one mandates that we reverse, we address it only. Restated, it is: whether the trial court's determination that Terry's [the natural father's] consent was valid…