Albright v. Peterson

Barnes, Judge.

The Albrights, maternal grandparents of D. M. P, appeal the final decree of adoption that denied their petition to adopt D. M. P. and granted the adoption petition of the Petersons, the child’s paternal uncle and aunt. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

1. The Albrights first contend that the final decree of adoption is void because the juvenile court judge who presided over the consolidated adoption cases was not authorized to do so. The record indicates that the superior court requested that a juvenile court judge be designated to rule upon both…