Opinion ID: 1272597
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Heading: andrew's marriage and birth of chance j.

Text: Andrew and Miranda J., Chance's mother, were married in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 6, 2002. They left Nebraska and moved to Kentucky in 2004. Eventually, they separated because Miranda was prostituting and using drugs. Less than a year after their separation, Andrew received a telephone call informing him that Miranda was pregnant and scheduled to give birth in California. Andrew traveled from Kentucky, where he lived, to California for the birth. In April 2006, Miranda gave birth to Chance. Andrew testified that after Chance was born, the hospital room atmosphere was awkward, because Andrew is African-American, but when a nurse brought the baby to him, the baby was white, had blue eyes, and red hair. Miranda asked what was wrong and, when she saw Chance, indicated that Chance must have been `a trick's baby.' Andrew testified that once he saw Chance, he did not believe that Chance was his son and made no further effort to try and determine whether he was Chance's father. At the termination hearing, Andrew was asked whether it concerned him that Chance was with a woman who he knew had a history of prostitution and drug use, and he replied that yes, anybody with Miranda has always concerned me. Andrew left the hospital and returned to Kentucky.