In re the Adoption of I.R.C.

Ronald and Maureen Spangler appeal the trial court’s denial of their petition for transfer of custody and later adoption of their grandniece and grandnephew. The Spanglers contend, first, that the trial court erred in not consolidating their case, sua sponte, with another pending petition to adopt the children and, second, that there was no evidence in the record supporting the trial court’s determination that granting the Spanglers’ petition was not in the children’s best interests. Finding no merit in either claim, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

I.R.C. and A.R.C. were born to…