IN RE ADOPTION OF B.B.M.

No. 100,554.

224 P.3d 1168 (2010)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF B.B.M.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron C. McKee, of McKee & Ireland, L.L.C., of Lenexa, argued the cause, and Kimberly J. Ireland, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant father.

Martin W. Bauer, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Teresa L. Mah, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellees adoptive parents.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BEIER, J.:

On this petition for review, adoptive parents challenge a Court of Appeals majority opinion overturning termination of a natural father's parental rights as to B.B.M., a minor child. We address the allocation of the burden of proof, application of the law to the facts of record, and the propriety of consideration of the best interests of the child.

In August 2006, natural mother (Mother) separated from her...

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