Boone v. George County Department of Public Welfare

DAN M. LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of George County wherein the chancellor dismissed the appellant’s petition for the adoption of F.N.M., a minor. In dismissing the petition the court held that the appellants lacked standing to pursue the *255adoption because the child was already in the custody of the State Welfare Department and the appellants had failed to first apply to that department. Feeling aggrieved by that decision, the appellants bring this appeal and assign as error:

I. THE CHANCELLOR’S HOLDING THAT THE APPELLANTS WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE…