Smith v. Moore

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant Shirley Ann Smith, the natural mother, appeals final judgment of adoption, *37contending the trial court erred in terminating her parental rights. We find clear and convincing evidence to support the trial court’s finding that the natural mother abandoned the minor child, now Angie Marie Moore, that the adoption is in the best interests of the child, and that the appel-lees Walter Lee Moore and Mara Doris Moore are fit and proper persons to adopt this child.

Angie Marie was originally placed in the home of the Moores on July 21,1975 by the Department of Health and…