K.B.C. v. K.J.C.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] D.V.T., the father of minor child K.J.C., appealed from a district court’s final decree of adoption, terminating his parental rights and granting a petition for step-parent adoption. We affirm the decree as modified, concluding the evidence supports the district court's findings and its decision is not clearly erroneous.

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[¶ 2] The child was bom in 2011. Although the father’s paternity has never been judicially established, the parties agree D.V.T. is the child’s father. The child’s mother, K.B.C., was never married to the father and they were not in a…