IN RE ADOPTION OF SIMONTON

No. 81-682.

320 N.W.2d 449 (1982)

211 Neb. 777

In re ADOPTION of Dana D. and Eric L. SIMONTON, minor children. Howard L. SIMONTON, Appellant, v. Juleen L. YOUNG et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Wright of Parker, Grossart, Bahensky & Wright, Kearney, for appellant.

Douglas Pauley of Conway & Connolly, Hastings, for appellees.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ.


HASTINGS, Justice.

The county court entered a decree which was filed on January 14, 1981, ordering the adoption of Eric and Dana Simonton, then ages 10 and 13 respectively, on the petition of Kenneth L. and Juleen L. Young, the stepfather and natural mother of said children. In doing so, it found that Howard L. Simonton, the natural father, had "abandoned his minor children in excess of six months before the institution of these proceedings." Howard appealed to the...

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