In Re Adoption of J.M.E.

HESTER, Judge:

Maynard and Patricia Yost instituted this action by filing, on February 7, 1990, a report of intention to adopt J.M.E. a/k/a A.K.E. (hereinafter Albert), the natural son of Kathy K., and a petition to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of Kathy K. Albert, born June 25, 1988, has been raised by the Yosts since he was six weeks old. He now is nearly four years old. Appellee B.M.F. (hereinafter Bonnie), Albert’s maternal aunt, and appellee R.C.E. (hereinafter Robert), the child’s maternal grandfather, filed preliminary objections asserting that the Yosts lacked standing to…