Adoption of Lily T.

ALEXANDER, J;

[¶ 1] The father of Lily T. appeals from a judgment of the Lincoln County Probate Court {Berry, J.) terminating his parental rights to Lily at the request of Lily’s mother in order to allow Lily’s stepfather to adopt her. The father argues that the Probate Court erred in finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that: (1) he is an unfit parent on the alternative statutory grounds of (i) abandonment, and (ii) unwillingness or inability to,take responsibility for Lily in a time reasonably calculated to meet her needs, primarily because he was prohibited from contacting Lily…