Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of TLC
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 2002No. C-00-5PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEHMAN, Chief Justice.
[T1] Appellant TOC (Father) appeals from the district court's order granting the adoption of his seven-year-old daughter, TLC to TND (Stepfather) without Father's consent. We hold that the record does not demonstrate clear and convincing evidence to support either of the statutory factors relied upon by the district court to grant this adoption without the consent of Father. Accordingly, we reverse.
ISSUES
[12] Father presents the following issues for our analysis:
A. Did the District Court err in failing to strictly construe the provisions of W.S. § 1-22-101 et seq. and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Martin v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
- Matter of Adoption of VossWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by29 opinions
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