Matter of Adoption of AMD

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

In these consolidated appeals, appellant MVF seeks review of district court orders denying his motions to vacate adoptions.

We reverse.

Appellant and appellee, his fiance MLD, met in 1986 and began dating in 1987. They cohabitated in her apartment during much of April 1987, and began living together in a shared apartment on April 25, 1987. During April 1987, they became engaged to marry. On May 1, 1987, appellant filed two separate petitions to adopt the two minor children of MLD. MLD is the natural mother of both children. The natural father of one of the two children…