Findley v. Sanders

Carley, Judge.

A petition for adoption of appellant’s daughter was filed by appellee, the child’s stepfather. Appellant did not consent to the adoption and he appeals from a final order terminating his parental rights and granting appellee’s petition.

1. The law applicable at all times relevant in the instant case provided that a parent’s voluntary written surrender of his parental rights would not be required as a prerequisite to adoption if such parent had "failed significantly without justifiable cause for a period of one year or longer immediately prior to the filing of the petition for…