R.W.S. v. M.S.H.

SCHEB, Judge.

R.W.S., a teenage father, challenges a summary judgment and a final judgment of adoption of his infant child born out of wedlock. We reverse.

The record reveals that the child, R.M.H., was born approximately a year after the teenage parents began dating. Prior to the child’s birth on February 24, 1987, the expectant parents met intermittently to discuss the situation. The day after the child’s birth, the mother, M.D.L., signed a consent to adoption. The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) authorized the placement of the infant in the custody of M.S.H. and…