In the Interest of C. D. B.

Benham, Judge.

Appellant, C. D. B.’s natural father, appeals from an order terminating his parental rights and granting an adoption petition filed by C. D. B.’s mother’s husband.

1. Appellant first filed an application for discretionary appeal in the Supreme Court. When that application was denied, appellant filed a timely direct appeal to that court. The Supreme Court transferred the case to this court because the constitutional issues on which the invocation of that court’s jurisdiction was based were not raised in the trial court.

*264Appellees, C. D. B.’s mother and adoptive father, have filed a…