In Re Adoption of Hannah L.
Annotate this CaseAlleging that parenting failures waived the biological father’s consent, a stepfather petitioned to adopt his wife’s daughter over the biological father’s objection. The superior court determined that the proposed adoption was not in the child’s best interests and denied the petition. On reconsideration the trial court noted that the child’s best interests determination was sufficient to deny the petition and concluded that a determination whether the biological father had waived consent was unnecessary, but nonetheless determined that the biological father’s actions did not constitute a waiver of consent. The stepfather appealed. After review, the Supreme Court found that because the record supported the court’s best interests determination (and that by itself was sufficient to block the adoption) the Court affirmed the decision to deny the adoption petition.
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