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IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF LOCKMONDY

No. 3-874A139.

343 N.E.2d 793 (1976)

In the matter of the Adoption of Stephen Anthony Lockmondy. Joseph T. Lockmondy, Respondent-Appellant, v. DEAN R. JESTER, Petitioner-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

March 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Hilgendorf, South Bend, for respondent-appellant.

Myron J. Hack, David T. Ready, South Bend, for petitioner-appellee.

STATON, Presiding Judge.

Dean R. Jester filed a petition to adopt twelve-year-old Stephen Anthony Lockmondy on September 20, 1973. He had been married to Stephen's natural mother, Frances Jester, for about nine years prior to filing the petition. She gave her consent to the adoption, but Stephen's natural father, Joseph T. Lockmondy, refused his consent. Later, October 11, 1973, Frances Jester died from injuries received in an automobile-train collision.

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