Beverly v. Kennedy

Carley, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment granting a petition for adoption of appellant’s minor daughter by the child’s stepfather. The trial court found that appellant had "... failed significantly, without justifiable cause, for a period of one year or longer immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption... to provide for the care and support of said minor child, as required by law and by judicial decree.” Additionally, the trial court found, as a fact, that the adoption was in the best interest of the child.

1. Appellant contends that the finding that he had failed…