In the Matter of the Adoption and Paternity of K.G.B., E.S. v. T.B. and K.B.

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

On August 22, 2012, Appellee-Petitioner K.B. (“Mother”) gave birth to K.G.B. (the “Child”) out-of-wedlock. Paternity of the Child was not established at the time of the Child’s birth. Approximately one year later, Mother consented to the adoption of the Child by Mother’s father, Appellee-Petitioner T.B., so long as Mother retained her maternal rights to the Child. Soon thereafter, T.B. filed a petition seeking to adopt the Child. A search of Indiana’s Putative Father Registry (the “Registry”) did not reveal any registered putative fathers of the Child or…