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MATTER OF WELFARE OF GILLISPIE

No. 50232.

296 N.W.2d 878 (1980)

In the Matter of the WELFARE of Lori Marie GILLISPIE and James Allen Gillispie.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connell & O'Connell, Charles O'Connell, and Thomas R. O'Connell, John P. Alexis, St. Paul, for appellant.

Raymond W. Faricy, Jr., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before OTIS, TODD, and YETKA, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Bruce Gillispie, the natural father of Lori Marie and James Allen Gillispie, refused to consent to the adoption of his children by their stepfather. A petition for termination of parental rights was filed. The trial court ordered Bruce's parental rights terminated, finding that the respondent father, by his actions, had abandoned the children. We vacate the termination order.

Bruce Gillispie and Lynn Gillispie Bulena were married in 1971 when...

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