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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ronald W. DOWGUL, Appellant, v. Harold Kelly ADAIR, Appellee.
    No. HH-213.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    April 28, 1978.
    Carroll L. McCauley, Panama City, for appellant.
    Clinton E. Foster, Panama City, for ap-pellee.
   PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a trial court’s order dismissing appellant’s petition for adoption at the conclusion of appellant’s case. We have reviewed the record and concluded that the appellant did present a prima facie case of abandonment by the natural father. It was error to dismiss the petition; therefore the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

McCORD, C. J., and SMITH and MELVIN, JJ., concur.