Brown v. Newsome, 192 Ga. 43 (14 SE2d 470); Rawdin v. Conner, 210 Ga. 508, 512 (81 SE2d 461)." Coleman v. Way, 217 Ga. 366 (2) (122 SE2d 104). See also Glendinning v. McComas, 188 Ga. 345 (3 SE2d 562). Compare Meyers v. State of Ga., 124 Ga. App. 146 (183 SE2d 42) and Johnson v. Sirickland, 88 Ga. App. 281 (76 SE2d 533).

2. Upon application of the above rule to the present case, we are constrained to hold that the trial judge did not err in denying the petition for adoption filed by the stepfather of the child to which the natural father had not consented. While the evidence may authorize a finding the natural father had abandoned the child, it does not demand such finding.