In re Adoption of Wright

This matter came on to be heard on the allegation in the petition of Horace W. and Lucille Parnwell to adopt their grandson, William E. Wright, Jr., that the father, William E. Wright, had wilfully failed to properly support and maintain said child for a period of more than two years immediately preceding filing of their petition. This issue is separate and distinct from the merits *355of the adoption itself and must be resolved before the desirability of the adoption itself can even be considered. The reported cases all seem to indicate that the court allowed evidence on the merits of the…