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ADOPTION OF McKINSTRAY v. McKINSTRAY

No. 17035.

628 P.2d 1286 (1981)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Peter Kelly McKINSTRAY and Melody Dawn McKinstray, Minors, v. Dale R. McKINSTRAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin G. Larew, Jr., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Gary L. Paxton, Salt Lake City, for respondents.

HOWE, Justice:

This appeal is from a decree declaring that the appellant, the natural father of the two McKinstray children, had abandoned them, and allowing their stepfather to adopt them.

Appellant, Dale McKinstray, and his former wife, Nadine Suesserman, are the parents of a daughter and son, ages 13 and 12 at the time this proceeding was brought. A decree of divorce granted in 1970 in Wyoming awarded custody of the children to Nadine, gave McKinstray reasonable...

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