IN RE ADOPTION OF C.A.T.

No. 106,325.

273 P.3d 813 (2012)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF C.A.T., B.T.M., and E.A.K.M., Minor Children.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

March 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine M. Esparza, of Harper, for appellant father.

Kerwin L. Spencer, of Wellington, for appellee adoptive stepfather.

Before GREEN, P.J., ARNOLD-BURGER and BRUNS, JJ.


BRUNS, J.

M.S., who is married to A.S., filed a petition to adopt her children, C.A.T., B.T.M., and E.A.K.M. The adoption of C.A.T., who has a different father than his siblings, was not challenged at the district court level and is not at issue in this case. But J.R., the natural father of B.T.M. and E.A.K.M., asserted his parental rights and refused to consent to their adoption. After holding an evidentiary hearing, the district court terminated J.R.'s parental...

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