In re Adoption of T.M.M.H. – Per Curiam
Supreme Court of Kansas
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by Per Curiam:
*1002In this appeal, a paternal grandmother (Grandmother) appeals a district court's determination that she was not an interested party in a stepparent adoption proceeding relating to her grandson, T.M.M.H. She acknowledges precedent that holds a grandparent is not typically an interested party who has standing **904in stepparent adoption cases. Nevertheless, she asserts her circumstances distinguish her from other grandparents and give rise to a number of legal theories that serve as a basis for granting her interested party status and…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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