In Re Petition to Adopt Cech

Priscilla Bergstedt and Albert Cech are the parents of Denis Michael Cech. Pursuant to a divorce decree entered in December 1969, the mother was given custody of the child and the father was awarded visitation rights. Both parents subsequently remarried: the mother, twelve days after the decree, the father in April 1970. Thereafter, the child’s mother and her new husband initiated this action to adopt Denis. The trial court granted the petition. This appeal involves the propriety of the court’s ruling.

Albert Cech contends that the court was in error for two reasons: proof of his unfitness was…