In re Adoption of Baby Boy B

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from the district court's order denying the
petition of the couple who sought to adopt Baby Boy B. The
natural father had opposed their petition, and they had sought to
terminate his parental rights on the ground that he had failed,
without reasonable cause, to provide support for the mother
during the six months prior to the child's birth. The Court of
Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of the petition in
an unpublished opinion filed June 18, 1993. We granted the
couple's petition for review. Baby Boy B. was born on March 20, 1992. His mother and father
were not married. His mother consented to his adoption by the
couple; his father did not.