J.S. v. S.A.

This appeal arises from termination of the parental rights of birth parents pending adoption of their minor child by the appellees. We affirm termination of the mother’s parental rights, because the record supports the trial court’s finding that the mother’s consent to adoption was valid and not obtained by fraud or duress. We affirm termination of the father’s parental rights, because the record supports the trial court’s finding that the father abandoned the child by failing to establish his paternal rights in a prompt and timely manner.

*653The Facts

In January 2003, the mother, V.B., became…