Matter of Adoption of KSH

GIERKE, Justice.

E.H. (hereinafter “Edward”, a pseudonym) and I.H. (hereinafter “Ida”, a pseudonym), the paternal grandparents of the minor child K.S.H. (hereinafter “Kevin”, a pseudonym), appeal from a district court judgment entered October 12, 1988, which declined to terminate the parental rights of the natural father of Kevin, E.H. (hereinafter “Eugene”, a pseudonym), and upon that, denied the grandparents’ petition for adoption. We affirm.

Kevin was born on July 19, 1974, in Park River, North Dakota. Kevin’s parents were subsequently divorced and his mother voluntarily terminated her…