Goodwin v. Kolman

CROW, Chief Judge.

On October 29, 1985, Ezell Goodwin and his wife, Alberta M. Goodwin, henceforth referred to as “petitioners,” filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Cedar County seek*772ing to adopt Vanessa Renee Kolman (“Vanessa”), born September 8, 1976, the daughter of Mary Louise Kolman (“Mary”) and Allan Duane Kolman (“Allan”).

Inasmuch as neither Mary nor Allan had consented in writing to the adoption, the petition averred that Mary and Allan had “willfully abandon [sic] said minor child and willfully neglected to provide the minor child with the proper care and maintenance for at least…