Barkley v. Painter

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Gladys and Lewis Barkley filed a petition to adopt their three-year-old grandson. Consent to the adoption was given by the child’s father, appellants’ son, who is currently serving a life sentence for the homicide of the child’s mother. Elizabeth Painter, the child’s maternal aunt, who has temporary custody of the child under a juvenile court order, filed an objection to the adoption proceeding which was dismissed by the court because she had no standing. At the hearing on appellants’ petition, Mrs. Painter’s attorney was permitted to appear as a friend of the court,…