STEVENS v. JOHNSON

No. 81-1534.

427 So.2d 227 (1983)

Terrice STEVENS and Yolando Stevens, Appellants, v. Wayne JOHNSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Smith and William M. Holland, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Leonard Frishman and Henry M. Cain, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

There is competent and substantial evidence in the record to support the trial court's determination that appellee, the natural father of the minor child born out of wedlock, had not abandoned the child after the mother's death, but in fact had contributed to the child's support in a repetitive, customary manner. Section 63.062, Fla. Stat. (1979). Therefore, appellee had standing to contest the petition for adoption of the child filed by appellants...

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