In the Matter of the Petition of K.R.N. for the Adoption for A.CZ. and F.P.Z.

Colorado Springs, Colorado family law lawyers represented the parties in an adoption.

In this stepparent adoption proceeding, A.Z-M. (father) appeals

the juvenile court's judgment terminating his parent-child legal

relationships with A.C.Z. and F.P.Z. (the children). We affirm.





Father began paying child support for the children though the

Family Support Registry in 2014. A dependency and neglect case

opened in 2016 but closed in 2017 with a judgment allocating

parental responsibilities (APR). The APR granted sole decision-

making responsibility and primary custody to mother and allowed

"no visitation between father and the children until further order of

the court.”



K.R.N. (stepfather) filed a petition to adopt the children in May

2023. Stepfather argued that father's parental rights should be

terminated because father abandoned the children for one year or

more and failed, without cause, to pay reasonable support. When

the petition was filed, A.C.Z. was fifteen years old and F.P.Z. was

thirteen years old. Both children consented to the filing of the

petition and their adoption by stepfather.

Affirmed