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IN RE JEFFRIES

No. 25198.

512 S.E.2d 873 (1998)

204 W.Va. 360

In re the Petition of Robert JEFFRIES and Judy Jeffries, his wife, for the adoption of Rebecca L. Jeffries, an infant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Clinton Gallaher, IV, Esq., Fayetteville, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellants Robert and Judy Jeffries.

C. Elton Byron, Jr., Esq., Abrams & Byron, Beckley, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellee Timothy L. Davis.

Kyle G. Lusk, Esq., Beckley, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellee Tonya Jeffries.

STARCHER, Justice:

In this adoption case we are asked to determine whether the Circuit Court of Fayette County, in a final order dated December 11, 1997, erred in its holding that the biological father of a child did not abandon the child. The appellants, the individuals who have cared for the child since her birth and who are seeking to adopt her, allege that the appellee, the child's father, has failed to provide any financial support for the child since she was...

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