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IN RE ALLISON H.

Docket No. G010047.

230 Cal.App.3d 154 (1991)

281 Cal. Rptr. 178

In re ALLISON H., a Minor. FRIEDHELM D., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN H., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

May 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John L. Dodd and Karen J. Dodd for Defendant and Appellant.

Van Deusen, Youmans & Walmsley and Ted. R. Youmans for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Harold LaFlamme and Duane T. Neary, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.

OPINION

CROSBY, Acting P.J.

Under the guise of a Civil Code section 224 proceeding to dispense with a natural father's consent for a stepparent adoption, the superior court essentially terminated the father's parental rights on the basis of abandonment (Civ. Code, § 232, subd. (a)(1)), although a cause of action under the latter section had been dismissed without prejudice. We reverse.

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