In Re the Adoption of S.L.R.

This is an appeal from an order issued by the District Court, Ravalli County, denying appellant’s petition for the adoption of SLR, a minor child.

Appellant, the child’s stepfather, raises two issues on appeal. He argues first that the trial court erred in finding that the natural father, by providing several small articles of clothing, and by paying debts unrelated to the child, had “contributed to the support” of the child. The stepfather’s second argument is that the trial court erred in finding that the natural father was “unable” to provide additional support for the child.

SLR was born on…