Petition of RHN

710 P.2d 482 (1985)

In the Matter of the Petition of R.H.N.

And Concerning D.A.K., Appellant, for the Adoption of D.D.K., A.C.K., S.E.K., Children,

R.H.N., Appellee.

No. 84SC93

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 16, 1985.

Nicholas J. Bourg, Colorado Springs, for appellant.

Jane Looney, Colorado Springs, for appellee.

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in In re R.H.N., 678 P.2d 1070 (Colo.App.1984), to consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's order terminating parental rights of the natural father and granting a stepparent adoption. The court of…