[DOWNLOAD] "Matter of Adoption of Cjh" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Matter of Adoption of Cjh
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The sole question raised in this case is whether the district court may order an adoption in the absence of a written consent by the childs father on the ground of willful failure to contribute to the support of the child when the father claims the failure to support was justified by a denial of the fathers visitation privileges. The district court, following a hearing, found that the father of two minor children had willfully failed to contribute to the support of the children for a period exceeding one year immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption in accordance with § 1-22-110, W.S. 1977 (June 1988 Repl.). - Page 125 This appeal is taken from the order of the court that granted the right to proceed with the adoption and terminated the parental rights of the natural father in accordance with § 1-22-110 (a)(iv). That order became final upon the entry of the Final Decree of Adoption. We hold that the denial of visitation privileges does not justify the willful failure to contribute to the support of the children, and the action of the district in ordering that the adoption proceeding go forward and in entering the Final Decree of Adoption is affirmed.