In re Greenwood

WOLFE, Commissioner.

This is an action wherein the maternal grandparents sought to adopt their granddaughter and a paternal uncle and his wife sought to have custody of the child transferred to them for the purpose of adoption. Both petitions were heard as one case, which resulted in a denial of the petition of the grandparents and the granting of a transfer of custody of the child to the uncle and his wife for the purpose of adoption.

The matter originated by Maude Earnest filing a petition in which she was later joined by her husband, William Earnest. They sought to adopt Sandra Greenwood who…