Hayslip v. Williams

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This case involves an adoption proceeding filed March 15,1979. The petitioner in the trial court is the stepfather of the minor child who is married to the child’s natural mother. The natural mother has consented and concurred in the adoption proceeding. The petitioner contended that he could not, after due diligence, locate the natural father who “did reside at 3158 Brownell Avenue, Macon, Georgia and this is the last place in which he resided to the best knowledge of the petitioner.” Service was then requested and obtained by publication. The natural father…