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MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF BGH

No. C-95-14.

930 P.2d 371 (1996)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF BGH, a Minor. GWJ, Appellant, v. MH and MWH and MDH and BGH, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaVoy O. Taylor, Cokeville, for Appellant.

James E. Phillips of Phillips & Lancaster, P.C., Evanston, for Appellee MH.

F.L. Thomas, Jr., Kemmerer, for Appellees MWH and MDH.

Gerald L. Goulding, Afton, Guardian ad Litem for BGH.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and LEHMAN, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

The focal question in this case is whether the statutes relating to the termination of parental rights, WYO.STAT. §§ 14-2-101 to — 120 (1994), must be invoked in order to terminate the rights of a biological father instead of the statutory grounds provided in an adoption proceeding brought pursuant to WYO.STAT. §§ 1-22-101 to — 116 (1988). There are two collateral issues relating to the trial court's application of...

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