In Re Adoption of Jorgensen

This is an appeal by Clayton A. Payne, the natural father of the minor child herein involved, from a final decree of adoption rendered by the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Hancock County on January 18, 1985, ordering that the petition filed by the child’s stepfather, Thomas G. Jorgen-sen, for the adoption of the child be granted.

The petition was filed on March 22, 1984. Thereafter, on July 6,1984, after a hearing on the issue of the necessity of the appellant’s consent, the trial court filed its order finding that the appellant had failed without justifiable cause to…