In re Adoption of Lay

The sole question for review is whether the probate *42court’s determination that appellant failed without justifiable cause to support her daughter was against the manifest weight of the evidence. For the reasons which follow, we hold that it was not.

R.C. 3107.07 provides, in pertinent part:

“Consent to adoption is not required of any of the following:

“(A) A parent of a minor, when it is alleged in the adoption petition and the court finds * * * that the parent has failed without justifiable cause to communicate with the minor or to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as…