JC v. Adoption of Minor Child

797 So.2d 209 (2001)

J.C., S.C., Individually, and as Next Friend of K.C., a Minor

v.

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF the MINOR CHILD NAMED HEREIN: R.Y. and L.Y.

No. 1999-CA-01801-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 1, 2001.

Jerry P. `Jay' Hughes, Jr., Oxford, for Appellants.

James E. Welch, Jr., Oxford, for Appellees.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Appellants J.C. and S.C. (the Carrolls) adopted the minor child K.C. (Katherine). Later, Appellees R.Y. and L.Y. (the Youngs) adopted Katherine.[1] The Chancery Court of Marshall County, Mississippi, denied the…