THOMPSON v. KING

Civ. No. 11095.

393 N.W.2d 733 (1986)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Steven Richard Thompson, a Minor. Dwight W. THOMPSON, Petitioner and Appellee, v. Frank L. KING, Respondent and Appellant, and Executive Director of the Social Service Board of the State of North Dakota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Degnan, McElroy, Lamb, Camrud, Maddock & Olson, Grand Forks, for petitioner and appellee; argued by Gordon W. Myerchin.

Hand & Triplett, Grand Forks, for respondent and appellant; argued by James S. Hand.


GIERKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from that portion of a judgment of the District Court of Grand Forks County terminating the parental rights of Frank L. King, in and to one minor child. The judgment was issued in conjunction with an adoption proceeding initiated by the child's adoptive father, Dwight W. Thompson. The basis for that portion of the judgment which terminated parental rights was that Frank L. King had abandoned his child and that the inability of King...

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