COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                                NO. 70417
RE:  ADOPTION OF HEATHER E.   :
     JONES, ET AL.            :
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        Plaintiff-Appellee    :
                              :      JOURNAL ENTRY
     -vs-                     :           AND
                              :         OPINION
                              :
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        Defendant-Appellant   :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
  OF DECISION:                 JANUUARY 16, 1997   
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:      CIVIL APPEAL FROM THE 
                              PROBATE COURT
                              CASE NO. 1104022
JUDGMENT:                     APPEAL DISMISSED.  
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                           
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellee:       MICHAEL A. PARTLOW (#0037102)
                              MORGANSTERN, MacADAMS &
                                DeVITO CO., L.P.A.
                              BURGESS BUILDING - SUITE 400
                              1406 WEST SIXTH STREET
                              CLEVELAND, OHIO  44113
For Defendant-Appellant:      MARY V.G. WALSH (#0022757)
                              449 THE ARCADE
                              CLEVELAND, OHIO  44114
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SPELLACY, J.:  
     Sua sponte appellant's appeal filed March 26, 1996,  is hereby
dismissed.  This appeal  from the probate court's journal  entry of
August 11, 1995, finding that the consent of Gregory Alan Yasher is
not  required  for  the  adoption  of  his two  minor  children  is
dismissed for failure to  file a timely notice  of appeal.   App.R.
4(A).   See In  re Adoption  of Greer  (1994), 70  Ohio St.3d  293,
paragraph one of  syllabus; In  re Adoption of  Johnson (1995),  72
Ohio  St.3d  1217; and  R.C. 3107.07.    Because the  Probate Court
determined that  appellant Gregory  Alan Yasher's  consent for  the
adoption  of his  two  minor children  was not  required, appellant
lacks standing to  appeal the  February 27, 1996,  decision of  the
probate  court  granting a  final decree  of  adoption in  favor of
Nathan Daniel Jones.  
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     It is  ordered that  appellee recover of  appellant his  costs
herein taxed.  
     The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered that a  special mandate issue out of  this court
directing the Probate Court to carry this judgment  into execution.
     A certified copy  of this entry  shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.  
JOSEPH J. NAHRA, P.J. AND  
DIANE KARPINSKI, J. CONCUR.
 LEO M. SPELLACY
                                                 JUDGE
N.B.  This is an announcement of the court's decision.   See App.R.
22(B),  22(D)  and 26(A);  Loc.App.R. 27.    This decision  will be
journalized and will  become the  judgment and order  of the  court
pursuant to App.R. 22(B) unless  a motion for reconsideration  with
supporting brief, per App.R.  26(A), is filed within ten  (10) days
of the announcement  of the court's decision.  The  time period for
review  by the Supreme  Court of Ohio  shall begin to  run upon the
journalization  of  this court's  announcement  of decision  by the
.