Adoption of Easley

Appellant is the mother of a two-year-old child adopted by respondents; refused to consent to the adoption; and appeals from the order granting such predicated upon a finding that, after custody of the child had been given to the father by judicial decree, the mother, for a period of one year, failed to communicate with the child when able to do so which, by virtue of section 224 of the Civil Code, obviated the necessity for obtaining her consent.

Section 224 of the Civil Code, in pertinent part, provides: “A legitimate child cannot be adopted without the consent of its parents if living;…