R.L.T. v. State Department of Human Resources

SAM A. BEATTY, Retired Justice.

R.L.T. and P.T. appeal from a probate court judgment denying their petition to adopt K.M., entered after the State Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) had refused to consent to the adoption. The trial court found that DHR had not arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld its consent. We affirm.

*863R.L.T. and P.T. are licensed foster parents, and have served in that capacity for DHR for approximately 20 years. They have one biological child and five adopted children, and they have been foster parents for many other children. At the time of the hearing, six foster…