In Re ADOPTION OF C.R

The petitioners herein and petitioners below, C.B. 1 (hereinafter “Mother”) and W.B. (hereinafter “Stepfather”), appeal from an order entered April 18, 2013, by the Circuit Court of Harrison County. By that order, the circuit court denied the petitioners’ motion to terminate the parental rights of the respondent herein and respondent below, G.R. (hereinafter “Father”), 2 and denied their motion to allow Stepfather to adopt the minor child. On appeal to this Court, the petitioners contend that the circuit court erred by denying the subject stepparent adoption. Upon a review of the parties’…