Court of Appeals of Kansas November 9, 2000, No. 84,548 (S.C.R. v. C.L.C.)

Rulon, J.:

The natural father of H.B.S.C. (child) appeals the district court’s order that his consent to adoption was not required under K.S.A. 59-2136(d) in the adoption of the child by the child’s stepfather. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This is a stepparent adoption case. The minor child was bom on November 23, 1993, in El Dorado. The natural father, C.L.C.