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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0659 4 IN TIIE DISZ'RIGT COURT OF APPEAL OF THB STATE OF FLORIDA FOUR7'll DISTRICT ~ JANUARY TERM 1973 In re Adoption of minor child by ) GEORGE B. H. STALLINGS and ) CASE NO. 72-341. ~ CONSUELO M. STALLINCS, hie ) . wife, 3 Opinion filed June 8, 1973. Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County; C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge, judge. FIlEO AN~ t;ECORDED ST. lUC1E GOUNTY FtA. ~ iiOCE~ r J!TRAS ~ ' CIERK C:'•CJ:T COURT David Goldman of Law Offices of David R~~;n~n ;F: ~~r~____~ ; Goldman, Miami, for Appellant-Ragnar G. ' Stallings. JUL I ~ ~ ~ 28 aH'~3 . Errol S. Willes of Willes Bittan & Willes, 2~594 Fort Fierce, for Appellees-George B. H. Stallings et ux. ~ PER CURIAM. = ~ The adoption of a fourteen (now sixteen) year`old female is at issue. The protagonists are on the one hand the natural father and on the ~ othe~r the child's paternal grandparenta. T~e grandparents prevailed. The natural father appeals. We affirm. ; , 3 The minor has lived with the grandparents since she was three ; ' ~ ' # E yc:ars of agc anci prcferrcxl ancl rcqucatcd tli~ adoption that resultc.~ci. ~ ~ ~ Without the necessity of repeating the detailed evidence, it is ~ f ~ manifest that the best interests of the minor will be best served by the adop- ~ ' . x tion by her grandparents and that the natural fathe~ is not in condition or .f ~ qualified to take custody and assume:}~are.~ttal_Lesponsibility. r ~ AFFIRMED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n r ~ ~ ~ ~ WALDEN, OWEN, JJ. , and DOWNEY, JAMES C. , Associate Judge, concur. 4 a; r, i ~ - ~ A he~ebr terti:r ~ u~ u r of ~ne s~ore h:s Qecn r • 1~~J bY .t- {~r~itMti l4is._.g. ~..d~r ~t_.- ~ x~ _.__w..to sli pers:ns~listed fbsY~• ~;y . ~ . ~ ' ~ ~ - ~prt~ C.ut ~~i j ~ f ~ ~4 ° R 216 659 BOOK PAGE ~ ~ ,P~ ~ ~ - - ~ - J ~.~~~~5"y-A.ros~.... . <i:"".~ . ~ ~?::k v~~:W~~~~