Anderson v. Hetherinton

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

LaTonya Chienta Anderson is the eighteen-year-old natural mother of an illegitimate child born in March 1988. Henry Hetherington, Sr., and Louise Hetherington are the parents of Henry Hetherington, Jr., the putative father of the child. The Heth-eringtons have provided a home for the child as their own since the child was two months old, allowing the mother visitation privileges.

In November 1988, the Hetheringtons filed a petition to adopt the child with the Probate Court of Mobile County. Accompanying the petition was a consent to adopt form signed by the mother in…