J.N.F. v. A.S.

PITTMAN, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment of the Etowah Probate Court permitting the adoption of C.L.S. (“the child”), born in June 2001 to L.C.S. (“the mother”), by C.S. and A.S., the mother’s parents (“the petitioners”).

In March 2002, the petitioners filed their petition in the Etowah Probate Court,1 seeking to adopt the child; the petitioners identified the mother as being the only known person “from whom consents and relinquishments to th[e] adoption are required by law” and they alleged that the child had resided in their home since her birth. The mother gave written consent to…