IN RE ADOPTION OF CRIDER

No. 56,209

236 Kan. 712 (1985)

696 P.2d 356

In the Matter of the Adoption of DEREK ERWIN CRIDER, A Minor Child.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Roach, of Roach and Mellinger, P.A., of Emporia, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant, Gilbert Stefan.

Steven L. Davis, of Patton & Davis, Chartered, of Emporia, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee, James Erwin Crider.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

Gilbert Stefan appeals from the trial court's denial of his petition to adopt his stepson, Derek Erwin Crider. The trial court held that it lacked jurisdiction to grant the adoption as consent of the child's natural father was necessary. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in an unpublished opinion filed August 2, 1984 (In re Adoption of Crider, No. 56,209). The matter is before us on...

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