In Re: Adoption of B.S.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS FILED In re: Adoption of B.S. May 23, 2016 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS No. 15-0883 (Raleigh County 14-A-5) OF WEST VIRGINIA MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner M.B., by counsel R. Brandon Johnson, appeals the Circuit Court of Raleigh County’s August 12, 2015, order denying his petition for adoption of five-year-old B.S. (hereinafter “the child” or “B.S.”).1 Petitioner is the child’s stepfather. Respondent N.C., the child’s biological father, by counsel Michael A. Froble, filed a response in support of the circuit court’s order.…