In Re Michael Ray T.

DAVIS, Justice:

The appellants herein, and plaintiffs below, Paul and Virginia Williams [hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Williamses”], appeal from an order entered May 11, 1999, by the Circuit Court of Mercer County. By that order, the court denied the Williamses’ motion to intervene in the abuse and neglect proceedings concerning their former foster children, Michael Ray T. 1 [hereinafter referred to as “Michael”], Scottie Lee T. [hereinafter referred to as “Scottie”], and Tonya Lynn T. [hereinafter referred to as “Tonya”]. The court further refused to consider the Williamses’…