CHEHARDY, Judge.
Petitioner, Lance Joel Ragas, Jr., appeals a juvenile court decision denying his petition to adopt his stepdaughter, Lara Mischelle Williams, because of the absence of consent of the child's legitimate father, Robert Franklin Williams.
The record reveals that Deborah Ann Walley and Williams were married in Hines County, Mississippi, on January 4, 1976. One child, Lara Mischelle, was born to the parties on July 21, 1976. On September 12, 1978...
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