HARDEN v. THOMAS

No. Z-258.

329 So.2d 389 (1976)

William D. HARDEN, Appellant, v. Lisa Michelle THOMAS, Etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.Z. Adkins, Jr. and G. Stewart McHenry, Gainesville, for appellant.

Dale C. Ferguson, Ferguson & Ferguson, Lake City, for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

William D. Harden, the natural father, appeals from a final judgment granting a petition of adoption of his daughter, Lisa Michelle, to her stepfather. Appellant Harden's sole point on appeal is whether or not imprisonment of a natural parent constitutes abandonment of his minor child, so as to authorize the trial court to excuse that parent's consent within the meaning of Florida Statute 63.072.

Lisa Michelle Harden was born of...

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