Matter of Adoption of Gotvaslee

PAULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of McHenry County terminating the parental rights of Douglas Ray Hoffert, respondent-appellant, in and to the minor children, Donavon Ray [Hoffert] Got-vaslee and Dayton John [Hoffert] Gotvas-lee. The judgment was issued in connec tion with an adoption proceeding initiated by the children’s mother, Glenda Ann Got-vaslee and her husband, Darrel Rae Gotvas-lee, petitioners-appellees. The basis for the judgment was that Douglas Ray Hoffert had abandoned his children. The appeal contends that the evidence was insufficient to…