In re the Adoption of ABC

OPINION OF THE COURT

Paul V. Morgan, Jr., S.

*227Before the court is the application for adoption of a minor child.

Petitioner seeks to adopt ABC, born May 1998, the biological daughter of her former husband. Petitioner and ABC’s father married in 2002 and divorced in 2008. Their 2008 divorce decree grants petitioner joint legal custody with primary physical custody of ABC. Petitioner married her current husband in December 2010. Petitioner’s current husband supports the petition for adoption but he does not join in the application. ABC’s father consents to the adoption by the petitioner but he will…