In Re: Lionel John Williams V.

Reese, Judge.

In this closed adoption case, the potential adoptive parents of a child appeal from the trial court’s order to provide notice of the pending adoption proceedings to the child’s alleged biological father. The Appellants allege that the lower court: (1) improperly disregarded the legal effect of an underlying termination order; (2) failed to recognize and apply the purpose and intent of the Georgia Putative Father Registry; 2 and (3) failed to recognize the legal distinction between the notice requirements for alleged biological fathers and legal fathers. For the reasons set forth…