GRAHAM v. STARR

No. 1-480A85.

415 N.E.2d 772 (1981)

Carl GRAHAM, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. Marion STARR, Appellee (Respondent below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

February 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Majewski, Terre Haute, for appellant.

Woodrow S. Nasser, Terre Haute, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

Carl Graham appeals the denial of two petitions for the adoption of his wife's two daughters from a prior marriage.

We affirm.

Graham challenges the trial court's decision as being contrary to law because the order denying the petitions refers to his failure to prove the "absolute abandonment" of the children by their natural father, Marion Starr. Graham concludes from this language that he was held to an erroneous standard of proof...

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