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THOMAS v. CULPEPPER

Civ. 1337.

356 So.2d 656 (1978)

George THOMAS, Jr. v. Samford Alonzo CULPEPPER.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

March 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry P. Knopf, Birmingham, for appellant.

R. Michael Booker, of Johnston & Shores, Birmingham, for appellee.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Mary Lee Stapp and Jamie L. Pettigrew, Asst. Attys. Gen., for State Dept. of Pensions and Security, in support of the constitutionality of Title 27, Section 3, Code of Alabama, 1940.

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an adoption case. This matter began with the petition of the stepfather Culpepper in the probate court requesting adoption of Taunya Thomas, age four years. The petition alleged that consent of the father to adoption was unnecessary because he had abandoned the child.

After hearing the testimony, the probate court found that consent of the father was unnecessary because of abandonment and loss of guardianship. The circuit court...

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