IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY BOY M.

No. 99,867.

193 P.3d 520 (2008)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF BABY BOY M., a/k/a M.C.M., a minor child born April 3, 2007. W.E. and S.E., Appellees, and K.L., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

October 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaye L. Downing, of Sloan, Eisenbarth, Glassman, McEntire, & Jarboe, L.L.C., of Topeka, for appellant natural father.

Allan A. Hazlett, of Law Office of Allan A. Hazlett, P.A., of Topeka, for appellees adoptive parents.

Before GREENE, P.J., GREEN and CAPLINGER, JJ.


GREENE, P.J.

K.L., the unwed natural father of Baby Boy M., challenges the termination of his parental rights and the adoption of his child, arguing that the district court in Kansas either lacked jurisdiction or should have declined jurisdiction and that the record lacks evidence to support a termination of his parental rights. Although we conclude the court had jurisdiction, we conclude the district court failed to make...

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