In Re Adoption of R. W. G.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County, Orphans’ Court Division, involuntarily terminating the parental rights of appellant R.L.G. to his natural son R.W.G. pursuant to section 311(1) of the Adoption Act of 1970. 1 We affirm.

Appellant and appellee were married in 1974, and lived in Warren, Ohio. R.W.G. was born in Warren in May of 1975. Appellant and appellee separated in March of 1977 and were divorced in January of 1978.

After the separation, appellant remained in Warren, Ohio, while appellee and R.W.G. moved…