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JOLLIFF v. CRABTREE

Record No. 801099.

299 S.E.2d 358 (1983)

James Allen JOLLIFF v. Jimmy Joe CRABTREE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon P. Peyton, Alexandria, for appellant.

Michael P. Valois, Alexandria (Garrett & Valois, P.C., Alexandria, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

THOMPSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide if the trial court correctly held that consent to adoption by a stepfather was withheld by the natural father contrary to the best interests of the child.*

The natural parents were married in 1968. The child, Christopher Lee Jolliff, was born June 22, 1969, and lived with his parents in Marion, Indiana, until November, 1970. Because of marital discord, the wife

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