Batton v. Massar

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hall.

We will refer to the plaintiffs in error either as the adopters, the grandparents, or by name, and to the defendant in error as the mother.

On December 13, 1960, the trial court in separate cases entered final decrees of adoption whereby the adopters, husband and wife, were permitted to adopt as their own, their grandchildren, Terri Lynn Batton, born January 19, 1957, and Richard Allan Batton, born August 25, 1958. These children are the offspring of the mother and her former husband, Ralph Dale Batton, who is the son of the adopters. An amended decree was entered on…