BEASLEY, Judge.
Cowdell initiated a proceeding to adopt his wife's daughter, but the trial court ruled that the biological father was "known" and thus had to be notified pursuant to OCGA § 19-8-12(a). This halted the adoption, and Cowdell appealed. An interlocutory appeal of the court's order was permitted.
The question is whether the biological father of the child sought to be adopted by the stepparent petitioner is "known" or "unknown" in the context...
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