In RE ADOPTION OF REYNARD v. Kelly

Dissenting Opinion.

Jackson, J.

I am unable to agree with the determination reached by the majority in the case at bar and dissent thereto.

As stated in the majority opinion, this case comes to us by way of appeal from the decision of the Grant Circuit Court granting the adoption of appellant’s minor children to appellee without the written consent of the father. The action was instituted below on January 24, 1967, by Charles Ray Kelly, second, and present husband of the divorced wife of appellant, filing a petition to adopt the two minor children of appellant and his divorced wife, now Sydney…