Floyd v. Seward

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is an adoption case. The trial Court denied the adoption because the proof did not establish that the father had failed to contribute to the support of his two minor children for two years prior to the filing of the petition for adoption by the mother of the children and her present husband. We reverse and remand.

The Appellant, Mildred Sandra 'Floyd, and Appellee, Tommy Ray Seward, were divorced on December 4, 1969. The two children of that marriage, James, three years old, and Dana, one month old, were awarded to their mother. The father was ordered to pay $90.00…