Hiott v. Duncan

Bell, Presiding Judge.

Alma Hiott, paternal grandmother of three children, filed a petition for adoption of the children with the father’s consent. The mother being deceased, the Juvenile Court of Floyd County had committed the children to the custody of Mrs. C. H. Duncan, their maternal grandmother, who filed objections to the application for adoption. On the day scheduled for a hearing on the application an informal discussion was held by the parties and the judge in the judge’s chambers while waiting for a court reporter to transcribe the evidence. The matter was then continued, without…