Matter of Adoption of Glover

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

Appellants Doug and Marge Glover petitioned to adopt their granddaughter, nine-year-old Nicole Glover, who had lived with them continuously for the preceding four and one-half years. The appellants’ son consented to his daughter’s adoption, but Mary Crenshaw, Nicole’s mother and the appellee, refused to grant her consent. Appellants attempted to dispense with the mother’s consent requirement through exceptions provided in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 56-207 (Supp. 1985). The probate court held that appellee’s consent was required and we affirm. Supreme Court jurisdiction is…