FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.
Finding that the opposing father's consent was necessary to an adoption, the juvenile court rejected a stepfather's petition to adopt his stepdaughter. The stepparent appealed the judgment, contending the trial judge erred in concluding that the father's consent was required despite the fact that he had failed to support the child as directed by court order and had not attempted to communicate with the child in over two years.
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