Baker v. Webb

Because the majority has literally “thrown the baby out with the bathwater” in this case, I respectfully dissent and vote to affirm the trial court’s order denying Appellants’ motion to intervene in the underlying adoption proceeding. I share the majority’s frustration with what appears to be a continuing failure on the part of the Cabinet for Families and Children (“the Cabinet”) to follow its own policies and procedures in adoption cases.1 However, the apparent equitable position of Appellants vis-a-vis the Cabinet does nothing to alter the fact that Appellants’ motion to intervene was…