Ward v. Department of Human Resources

Banke, Judge.

The appellants, Charles and Glenda Ward, petitioned the superior court for the adoption of a minor child which was in the custody of the Department of Human Resources. The department had been awarded custody of the child on the basis of a juvenile court order finding it to be deprived. The natural parents executed affidavits consenting to the adoption, and these were attached to the petition.

*100The department intervened in the case and expressed its opposition to the adoption by filing two investigative reports, one from the Spalding County Department of Family & Children Services…