In re Adoption of T.L.
Annotate this CaseFather had two children with Mother. From 2001 onward, Father was required to pay child support. Father was also incarcerated for the majority of those years. In 2011, Mother married her boyfriend, E.J., and Mother and E.J. petitioned for E.J. to adopt the children. The trial court granted the petitions. Father subsequently filed a letter that the trial court treated as a notice of appeal. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal. The Supreme Court granted transfer and affirmed the order of adoption, holding that sufficient evidence in the record supported the trial court’s decision.
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