E.G. v. M.P.

PITTMAN, Judge.

E.G. (“the stepfather”) has appealed from a judgment of the Russell Juvenile Court purporting to award custody of M.A.G. (“the child”) to M.P. (“the biological father”).

A brief overview of the pertinent facts is sufficient. The child was born on September 30, 1998, to T.G. (“the mother”), an unmarried woman, who married the stepfather six days after the birth of the child. The record reflects that the stepfather’s name is listed on the child’s birth certificate as the child’s father. The mother and the stepfather had two additional children who are not at issue in this case:…