B.S. v. A.O.

I concur in the result that the case should be reversed and remanded for internal inconsistencies in the trial court’s order. I do not concur as to language in the majority opinion relating to lack of finality where the foster care parents may still have custody. The interests of foster parents in their petition to adopt under chapter 453 are simply not the same as the juvenile officer or guardian ad litem in a case brought under the auspices of chapter 211. In a chapter 211 case, where the child is not returned to the natural parents, there is still continuing control and no finality. In a…