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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF J.W.M.

Civ. No. 940289.

532 N.W.2d 372 (1995)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.W.M., a Minor. W.J.M., Petitioner and Appellee, v. J.B., JR., Respondent and Appellant, and Henry C. "Bud" Wessman, Executive Director, North Dakota Department of Human Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Skowronek (argued), Lamont & Skowronek, P.O. Box 729, Minot, for petitioner and appellee.

Robert S. Thomas (argued), Minot, for respondent and appellant.

NEUMANN, Justice.

J.B. (John)1 appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights to J.W.M. (James) and granting a petition for adoption by James's stepfather, W.J.M. (Walter). We hold John's due process rights were not violated by the procedures employed in the adoption proceeding and, under our de novo review, the evidence presented at the adoption hearing clearly and convincingly establishes John abandoned James. We affirm.

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