In re G.D.C.

{¶ 1} Respondent-appellant, Z.D.T., ("father") is the biological father of G.D.C. ("child"). The petitioner-appellee, G.C., ("stepfather") filed a petition to adopt the child. The father appeals the judgment of the Washington County Common Pleas Probate Court that granted stepfather's petition to adopt the child.

{¶ 2} On appeal, the father argues that the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that the best interests of the child were served by granting the adoption. Upon review, we are unable to conclude that the trial court abused its discretion by granting the adoption petition.…