Al Khafaji v. Meitzen

HUGHES, Justice.

In this case the trial court granted the petition of William A. Meitzen to adopt Joseph Khafaji, a male born December 9, 1962, the son of Ali A1 Khafaji and Janet Meitzen, the present wife of William A. Meitzen. The mother of Joseph consented to his adoption by Petitioner. The father did not. The only statutory ground upon which this decree of adoption is sought to be sustained is that appellant did not contribute substantially to the support of Joseph for a period of two years commensurate with his financial ability. 1

Appellant’s first two points are that there is no evidence…