W.T.J. v. E.W.R.

No. 92161.

721 So.2d 723 (1998)

W.T.J. adoptive father of K.A.R. a minor, Petitioner, v. E.W.R., natural father of K.A.R., a minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tann H. Hunt, Tallahsssee, for Petitioner.

George Drumming, Jr., Tallahassee, for Respondent.


WELLS, Justice.

We have for review a decision of the First District Court of Appeal on a question the court certified to be of great public importance:

WHETHER THE CASE OF IN INTEREST OF B.W., 498 So.2d 946 (Fla.1986), PRECLUDES A FINDING OF ABANDONMENT WHERE THE NATURAL FATHER VOLUNTARILY COMMITS A CRIME PRIOR TO THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD WHICH REASONABLY COULD BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT DURING THE ENTIRE...

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