In re J.A.B.

| .WHIPPLE, J.

On appeal, the biological father, L.A.B., challenges a judgment of the district court granting a petition for intrafamily adoption of the minor child, V.S.M.B., filed by the minor child’s stepfather, J.A.B. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

E.B. and L.A.B. were married on August 3, 1996. One child, V.S.M.B., was born of the marriage on September 30, 1999. Due to continuing marital problems, the parties separated in November of 1999 after an incident of domestic violence perpetrated by L.A.B. By virtue of a “Consent Judgment of Divorce,” the parties…