MATTER OF MARICOPA COUNTY JUV. ACTION

No. 1 CA-JUV 91-028.

171 Ariz. 90 (1991)

828 P.2d 1231

In the Matter of the Appeal in MARICOPA COUNTY, JUVENILE ACTION NO. JA 33794.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Denied May 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Robbins, Phoenix, for petitioners.

Friedl, Richter & Buri by Charles E. Buri, Phoenix, for Natural Father.

Gary A. Wieser, Phoenix, for child.

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by C. Eileen Bond, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for Arizona Dept. of Economic Sec.


OPINION

McGREGOR, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the relationship between Arizona's consent statute, which permits adoption without the consent of a natural parent under specified circumstances, and the termination statute, which defines the circumstances under which a court may sever the parent-child relationship. We conclude that, when a natural parent does not consent to adoption, the adoption cannot proceed unless the court terminates the parent...

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