In re Adoption of C.R.D

The legal and biological father of C.R.D., a child born September 15, 1989, appeals the district court's order finding he had failed to assume parental duties during the two years preceding the filing of a petition for stepparent adoption. Because of this finding, the court found the father's consent to the adoption was unnecessary and granted the petition. The mother and father of C.R.D. were divorced on March 27, 1990. All three lived in Texas at that time. The petitioner/stepfather married the mother on June 3, 1990. C.R.D. has lived with them during the marriage and has seen the father ""very seldom.""