ADOPTION/Rights of Unmarried Fathers ARKANSAS: In re Baby Boy B.

ADOPTION/Rights of Unmarried Fathers ARKANSAS: In re Baby Boy B. 

Cite as 2012 Ark. 92
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No.  11-374
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
OF BABY BOY B., A MINOR
Opinion Delivered  March 1, 2012
APPEAL FROM THE FAULKNER
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT,
[NO.  PR 2010-431-2]
HON. MICHAEL A. MAGGIO
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice
Appellant J.E.M., biological father of Baby Boy B., appeals from a Faulkner County
Circuit Court order that determined that his consent to the adoption of Baby Boy B. was not
required pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 9-9-206(a)(2) (Repl. 2009).  Appellant
argues that the circuit court erred in finding that his consent to the adoption was not required,
by granting the decree of adoption in favor of appellees G.F.J. and S.L.J., and by finding that
Arkansas Code Annotated sections 9-9-206(a)(2) and 9-9-207(a)(11) do not violate the
Constitution of the United States.  Our jurisdiction is pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court
Rule 1-2(a)(3) and (4) (2011), as the issues presented involve federal constitution interpretation
and are of significant public interest.  We reverse and remand.

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