Matter of the Adoption of BGH

THOMAS, Justice.

The focal question in this case is whether the statutes relating to the termination of parental rights, Wyo.Stat. §§ 14-2-101 to - 120 (1994), must be invoked in order to terminate the rights of a biological father instead of the statutory grounds provided in an adoption proceeding brought pursuant to Wyo.Stat. §§ 1-22-101 to -116 (1988). There are two collateral issues relating to the trial court’s application of Wyo.Stat. § 1-22-108(e): First, whether the trial court committed an abuse of discretion when it found that the biological father “evidenced an interest in,” but…