A stepmother here petitions for the adoption of her 14-year-old stepson. The petitioner has the consent of her husband, the natural father of the boy. The father and petitioning stepmother have custody of the boy, but the natural mother, who is divorced from the natural father, objects to the adoption. The issue is whether the natural mother has abandoned her son. If so, her otherwise...
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