Rubey v. Kuehn

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment refusing to allow Arthur Carson Rubey, III, whom we will hereafter refer to as appellant, to adopt Michael Lee Kuehn, the issue of the marriage of appellee and Mrs. Rubey. Mrs. Rubey gave her consent to the adoption but appellee refused to give his consent. Appellant, the stepfather, petitioned the court to allow the adoption. In the petition appellant asked the judge of the court to give his permission to appellant to adopt the boy, alleging that appellee had failed to contribute any money at all to the child’s support since May 1, 1960,…