Warner v. Ward

PALMORE, Judge.

This is an adoption proceeding under KRS 199.470 et seq., in which the appellants, Ras Warner and wife, Lavern Warner, sought to adopt Alisa Dawn Ward, infant child of Mrs. Warner’s daughter, ap-pellee Shirley Ann Ward (now Parrish). They appeal from a judgment denying the adoption and directing them to restore custody of the child to Shirley Ann.

Alisa was born April 16, 1963, at which time her mother, Shirley Ann, was 16 years of age and unmarried. On May 14, 1963, less than one month later, Shirley Ann signed and acknowledged a consent to Alisa’s adoption by Mr. and Mrs.…