Legal Opinion
TC & GC v. State (In re L-Mhb)
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 2018No. S-18-0084PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, Justice.
[¶1] TC and GC, husband and wife, are the former foster parents of L-MHB. The district court dismissed their petition to adopt L-MHB because it did not comply with the adoption statutes. We affirm.
ISSUES
[¶2] We rephrase the dispositive issues as:
1. Does the court lack jurisdiction over the adoption petition because:
A. Petitioners filed the adoption petition without the consents and relinquishments required by statute?
B. The child did not reside in the petitioners' home at the time they filed the petition for adoption?
2. Does the failure to comply with the adoption statutes…
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