In Re Sabrina H.
Opinion
Opinion
Elsa Lynn Norbeck and Leslie Ann Rose for Objector and Appellant.
Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., County Counsel, Daniel J. Wallace, Jodi L. Doucette and Gary C. Seiser, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Respondent.
OPINION
NARES, J.
William McKenley Bright (Bright), natural father of five-year-old Sabrina H. (Sabrina), appeals from a judgment entered under Civil Code section 7017, subdivision (d), [1] terminating his parental rights and freeing Sabrina for adoption without his consent.
In June 1987 Latina H. (Latina), Sabrina's unwed mother, relinquished three-year-old Sabrina for adoption. Bright claimed parental rights. After a trial on the petition brought by the San Diego County Department of Social Services (DSS), the court found (1) Bright is Sabrina's biological father but not a presumed father under section 7004 and (2) adoption is in Sabrina's best interests.
Because we agree Bright is not a presumed father, we conclude the court correctly determined his consent is not required for Sabrina's adoption. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.
On March 23, 1984, Sabrina was born to 16-year-old Latina in Oceanside, California. Bright, the natural father, visited the…