In Re the Adoption of K.J.B.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a K.S.A. 59-2136(d) stepparent adoption case. The father of three minor children appeals the district court’s order granting the stepfather’s petition for adoption. The district court found that the father had failed to assume the duties of a parent during the 2 years next preceding the filing of the adoption petition; therefore, his consent to the adoption was not required. The Court of Appeals affirmed. In re Adoption of K.J.B, 24 Kan. App. 2d 210, 944 P.2d 157 (1997). We granted the father’s petition for review. K.S.A. 20-3018(b);…