In re the Adoption of Titsworth

Tom Glaze, Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of appellants’ petition to adopt Robert Craig Harrison. Appellants contend the probate judge clearly erred (1) in not finding that the mother failed to communicate with or to support the child for a period of one year, or (2) in not finding that the mother unreasonably withheld her consent to the adoption contrary to the best interest of the child. We have reviewed the record and find that the probate judge’s findings are clearly against the preponderance of the evidence.

On December 30, 1978, a son, Robert Craig Harrison, was born out of…