S.M.K. v. R.G.G.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The single issue presented in this appeal is whether the superior court erred in affirming' a master’s report which recommended denial of a petition for adoption of child by S.M.K. and A.M.K. The petition for adoption was denied on the ground that the natural mother, R.G.G., did not consent to the adoption. We affirm the superior court’s decision.

BACKGROUND

The child, S. [hereinafter referred to as “Stuart”],1 was born on March 2, 1979, to mother R.G.G. [“Ruth”] and father D.R.G. [“Dennis”], and lived with his parents in Phenix City, Alabama, for the first year of *621his…