In Re the Adoption of D. J. V.

This appeal involves an adoption proceedings held in the Ninth Judicial District, Pondera County. Appellant, Kent Keil, the natural father and respondent below, appeals the July 5, 1989 order and decree terminating his parental rights and granting the adoption of bis son, D. J. V., by D. J. V.’s stepfather, Albert Blockeel, Jr. The District Court ruled that the natural father’s consent was not required for the adoption because he failed to provide support for his son for a period of one year before the filing of the petition for adoption. We affirm the District Court’s order and decree.

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