IN RE ADOPTION OF INFANT M.D.

No. 18A05-9207-CV-253.

612 N.E.2d 1068 (1993)

In re the ADOPTION OF INFANT M.D. Marcus McIntyre, Appellant-Respondent, v. Gale Medaris and Helen Medaris, Appellees-Petitioners.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

Transfer Denied June 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Shaheed, Indianapolis, for appellant-respondent.

Steven C. Litz, Monrovia, for appellees-petitioners.


SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Marcus McIntyre, Father, appeals from a judgment against him approving the adoption of his daughter, M.D., by Gale and Helen Medaris. We reverse and remand with instructions.

Father raises several issues for our review, but we consider only the dispositive issue of whether a father, who has established paternity and who has not given his consent to adoption, must establish that it is in his child's best interests for the court to grant...

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