In Re Adoption of Female Child

896 S.W.2d 546 (1995)

In re ADOPTION OF FEMALE CHILD.

George Bartlett BOND, Jr., and Janice C. Bond, Petitioners,

v.

Gordon Scott McKENZIE and Melissa McKenzie Meeks (Argo), Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 20, 1995.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1995.

Lawrence F. Giordano, Susano, Sheppeard, Giordano & Swanson, Knoxville, for petitioner.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Sr. Counsel, Nashville, Neil G. McBride, Oak Ridge, for respondent.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the competing claims of the mother of an infant and a couple…