Laslie v. Cole

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an adoption suit. Appeal is in this Court by writ of error. Appellant, the natural father, contends in one point that the trial court erred in granting the adoption without his written consent.

The appellant and natural mother divorced in 1968. Several months later she married Scott Allen Cole, the adoptive father and appellee. The petition for adoption was filed together with the written consent of petitioner’s wife, the natural mother. Consent was sought from the juvenile court on the basis that the natural father had not supported the child for a two year…