Waldrip v. Davis

Judith Rogers, Judge.

This is a step-parent adoption case. Welma Waldrip, appellant, and Randy L. Davis, appellee, were divorced in late 1987. In the divorce, Welma was awarded custody of their two sons, and appellee was ordered to pay $200 a month in child support. Welma married appellant, Joseph Houston Waldrip, Jr., in August of 1988. In September of 1991, a petition was filed for adoption of the boys by Mr. Waldrip. In this petition, appellants alleged that appellee’s consent to the adoption was unnecessary because he had failed significantly and without justifiable cause to provide for…