Adoption of McKinstray v. McKinstray

HOWE, Justice:

This appeal is from a decree declaring that the appellant, the natural father of the two MeKinstray children, had abandoned them, and allowing their stepfather to adopt them.

Appellant, Dale MeKinstray, and his former wife, Nadine Suesserman, are the parents of a daughter and son, ages 13 and 12 at the time this proceeding was brought. A decree of divorce granted in 1970 in Wyoming awarded custody of the children to Nadine, gave MeKinstray reasonable visitation privileges, and imposed upon him a child support obligation that would increase from $30 per month for each child the…