Burrell Adoption

TAXIS, P. J.,

— This matter comes before the court upon petition for adoption filed on February 25, 1969, by George Winfield Conyer and Beatrice E. Burrell Conyer, seeking the adoption of Shawn Emma Burrell, a child born to Mrs. Conyer during her prior marriage to one Douglas Allen Burrell. Petitioners charged the natural father with abandonment for more than six months, he having refused to consent to said adoption. In addition, petitioners alleged that Douglas Allen Burrell is not the natural father of Shawn Emma Burrell and that the consent of the natural father is unnecessary because the…