Adoption of Randolph

On this appeal the petitioners-appellants, Donald and Ethel Young, the maternal grandparents of Michelle and Michael (the two children sought to he adopted), seek a review of the trial court’s determination denying their proposed adoption on the ground that it would not be in the best interests of the children. The mother of the children, Donna Randolph (née Young), was killed in an automobile accident on November 6, 1971. She and her husband, Donald Randolph (who also was killed in the accident), were driving from Chicago, where they had recently moved, to visit the Youngs. Their two small…