Adoption of K.R.
K.R. was born in July of 1995. Her biological father, Nick C.,[1]was no longer living with K.R.'s mother, C.W., when K.R. was born. C.W. married J.W. after K.R. was born. J.W. filed a stepparent adoption request and a petition to determine the necessity of parental consent in September 2004. The court determined that Nick's consent was necessary before an adoption could proceed under Family Code section 8604. J.W. then filed a petition to declare K.R. free from Nick's parental custody and control, claiming that Nick had abandoned K.R. In June of 2007, the court found that J.W. had not proved by clear and convincing evidence that Nick intended to abandon K.R. and denied the petition to terminate Nick's parental rights.
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