Tapley v. Veal

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

On April 17, 1986, appellees brought a petition for the adoption of A. L. T., a minor child. In the petition, appellees alleged that the natural mother of the child executed a surrender of parental rights and an acknowledgment of surrender pursuant to OCGA § 19-8-4. They also alleged that surrender or termination of the parental rights of the natural father was unnecessary because he abandoned the child and failed significantly, for a period of one year or longer immediately preceding the filing of the petition, to provide for the care and support of the child as…