J.L.F. v. B.E.F.

ROBERTSON, Judge.

In November 1988, B.E.F., the maternal grandfather of S.W.J., petitioned in probate court to adopt S.W.J., his five-year-old grandson. On a motion filed by the mother, the case was transferred to the juvenile division of the district court.

The record reveals the following pertinent facts. The child was born November 4, 1983. He and his biological mother lived with the petitioner from the time the child was only a few days old until the mother moved approximately two years later. The child has remained in the petitioner’s home most of his life, and the petitioner has provided…