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LINKOUS v. KINGERY

Record No. 1560-88-3.

390 S.E.2d 188 (1990)

Stedson Adele LINKOUS, Jr. v. Susan KINGERY, et al.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stedson A. Linkous, pro se.

Kenneth J. Lasky (Malcolm M. Doubles, Bird, Kinder & Huffman, Roanoke, on brief), guardian ad litem for appellant.

John L. Cooley (Mark J. Peake, Fox, Wooten & Hart, P.C., Roanoke, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and KEENAN and MOON, JJ.

KOONTZ, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, the issue is whether the trial court correctly held, pursuant to Code § 63.1-225(D)1, that consent to adoption by a stepfather was withheld by the natural father contrary to the best interests of the children sought to be adopted.

Kenneth Wayne Kingery filed a petition in the Circuit Court for the City of Roanoke seeking the adoption of John Michael Linkous, age nine, and Matthew Benjamin...

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