A & B v. C & D

Cableton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal questions the validity of an adoption. As a matter of considering the welfare of the child involved, and in keeping with the spirit of the adoption law, the litigants will not be referred to by name, but rather, letters-of the alphabet will be used in discussing the facts. B is the natural mother of the child, a female infant, hereinafter called E. A is the husband of B. C and D are the adoptive parents of E. On January 24,1961, C and D obtained a temporary order of adoption of E in the Probate Court of Pulaski County on the basis of a petition…