C.V. v. J.M.J.

I concur with the main opinion. I will supply a complete recitation of the facts and will present the rationale I think is correct. The purpose of the detail in the recitation of facts is to demonstrate the patent incorrectness of any theory that the natural father abandoned his child.

Facts

N.G. (the birth mother) and C.V. (the father), Florida residents, met during the summer of 1994. On February 6, 1995, the father and birth mother had their first date. They began an exclusive relationship in February 1995. From February through July 1995, the father and the birth mother dated and sometimes…