California Court of Appeal

An order dispensing with the need for an unwed father-s consent, terminating his parental rights and responsibilities with respect to a child, and allowing the child's adoption to go forward is affirmed as the father did not "show[] that he promptly came forward and demonstrated as full a commitment to his parental responsibilities as the biological mother allowed and the circumstances permitted within a short time after he learned or reasonably should have learned that the biological mother was pregnant with his child."

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/10/2007
• Published 04/10/2007

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Law Offices of Marjorie G. Fuller, Marjorie G. Fuller, Fullerton, J.E.T. Rutter, and Shara Beral Witkin, Irvine, in association with Kate M. Schreurs for Defendant and Appellant and Plaintiff and Appellant, Paul M., Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley and Robert R. Walmsley, Santa Ana, for Plaintiffs and Respondents, Sterling McG. and Pamela McG.