Pyeatt v. State, Department of Employment Services

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• affirming the adoption by their step-father of two children born in wedlock to their birth parents
• explaining the court's need to review all surrounding circumstances, including financial support, to determine whether a parent has assumed their parental duties
• \The parental duty involved is to provide for and nurture the children's mental and emotional health.\
• in applying substantial competent evidence review for stepparent adoption, \appellate court should review the facts of the case in the light most favorable to the prevailing party below to ascertain whether the trial court's decision is properly supported by substantial competent evidence\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).