SARAH HEFFLEY, Judge.
Appellant Wade L. McNew appeals from an order dismissing without prejudice his petition as a step-parent to adopt his wife's adoptive child. For reversal, he contends that the trial court erred in ruling that, before the adoption could go forward, he was required to either obtain the consent of the child's biological father, or produce an order demonstrating that the biological father's parental rights had been terminated. We agree that the trial...
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