Jones v. Allen

277 So.2d 599 (1973)

Donald JONES, Natural Father, et al., Appellants,

v.

Otis W. ALLEN and His Wife, Edith D. Allen, Appellees.

No. 72-306.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 18, 1973.

Britt Whitaker, Tampa, for appellants.

R. Philip Haddock, Lakeland, for appellees.

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

The maternal grandparents petitioned on August 10, 1971 to adopt their grandchild soon after the death of the mother. The child's parents had been divorced. The father was incarcerated at the time of the petition in the Florida State Penitentiary at Raiford. He was paroled on December 14,…