MATTER OF ADOPTION OF K.C.P.

No. 82-1905.

432 So.2d 620 (1983)

In the matter of the ADOPTION OF K.C.P.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach and Peter Costanza, Ithaca, N.Y., for Thomas Frank, appellant.

Bruce Zeidel of Cohen & Scherer, P.A., North Palm Beach, for appellees.


WALDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment granting the petition of the aunt and uncle to adopt K.C.P., their nephew. The putative father appeals. We reverse.

The background details are neither illuminating nor necessary for our decision.

In short K.C.P. now age 9, was born and resided in New York State.

These events transpired:

1. On July 15, 1981, the aunt and uncle brought K.C.P. to Florida from New York.

2. On...

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