Brown v. Johnson

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The appellee, the maternal grandmother of Kevin Rea’l Brown, sought to adopt her grandson without the consent of the appellant, the child’s natural father. The probate judge granted the petition for adoption, finding that the appellant’s consent was unnecessary under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 56-207 (Supp. 1983). From that decision comes this appeal.

The appellant, Pete Brown III, was married to Lilly Brenda Brown on September 19,1970. One child was born of this marriage on December 20,1975. Less than one year after the birth of their child, Mrs. Brown filed for divorce. The…