WALDEN, Judge.
This is a step parent adoption. The final judgment granted the adoption of J.G.R. by his step father. The nonconsenting natural father appeals. We reverse.
Although the judgment recited that the adopted child was "abandoned" by the natural father, the record does not support such finding.
Section 63.072, Florida Statutes (1973) provides that the lack of a parent's consent may be excused where there is abandonment.
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