K.T. v. D.W.

On the petition of K.T. and J.T., the stepfather and natural mother of T.C.W., then age 5, the county court for Pawnee County entered an order which was filed January 26, 1989, appointing a guardian for T.C.W. and authorizing the guardian to sign a substitute consent for adoption pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-105 (Reissue 1988). The court found by clear and convincing evidence that D.W., the natural father, had acted

in a manner evidencing a settled purpose to be rid of parental obligations and to forego parental rights, together with a repudiation of parenthood and an abandonment of…