In Re the Adoption of J.M.H.

This is an appeal from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County. The District Court granted the adoptive father’s petition to allow the adoption of J.M.H. and S.B.H. (the children) to proceed without the natural father’s consent. The court further concluded that the natural father was able to pay child support, but failed to do so. The natural father appeals the District Court’s ruling on the consent issue and the court’s denial of a continuance of the May 11, 1993, “best interest” hearing. We affirm.

The issues are:

1. Did the District Court err by finding that the natural…