In Re the Stepparent Adoption of B.W.Z-S.

¶1 This case concerns an adoption and whether the child’s biological father (N.S.) should have his parental rights terminated. The child’s biological mother (C.Z.P.) and her husband appeal an Order of the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, denying their Petition for Stepparent Adoption and Termination of Father’s Parental Rights. We affirm.

ISSUES

¶2 We restate the issues as follows:

¶3 1. Whether the District Court properly found that N.S. did not willfully abandon his child within the meaning of § 42-2-608(l)(b), MCA.

¶4 2. Whether the District Court properly…