IN RE J.M.D.

No. 99,687.

202 P.3d 27 (2009)

In the Matter of the Application to Adopt J.M.D. and K.N.D., Minor Children.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

February 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Lea Henry, of Henry & Mathewson, P.A., of Wichita, for appellant natural father.

Martin W. Bauer, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for appellee stepfather.

Before CAPLINGER, P.J., MARQUARDT and STANDRIDGE, JJ.


STANDRIDGE, J.

M.D. (Father) appeals the district court's order terminating parental rights to his children J.M.D. and K.N.D. and permitting the children's stepfather (Stepfather) to adopt them. We reverse the district court's decision.

Facts

Father and S.H. (Mother) were married in 1993 in Missouri. During the marriage, Father and Mother had two children: J.M.D. was born in 1996, and K.N.D. was born in 1998. In 1999, J.M.D. was diagnosed...

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