P.C.C. v. C.M.C.

OPINION

COMBS, Chief Judge.

P.C.C. (P) appeals from a judgment of adoption of the Bell Circuit Court effectively terminating his parental rights and allowing his son’s stepfather to adopt him. The evidence before the court did not establish clearly and convincingly that P willfully abandoned his son. Therefore, we vacate the judgment.

P was married to K.R.C. (K) on two occasions. A son, R.C.C. (R), was born on June 17, 2002, during their second marriage. This marriage was terminated soon after the child’s first birthday. During the *591course of the dissolution of their marriage, P and K reached an…