Frank v. Soulsby

Sanders, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal by the father of a minor child from an order of the Family Court granting custody to the child’s mother. We affirm.

The mother and father are adoptive parents of the child, a boy age five at the time of the hearing. The father is the natural maternal grandfather of the child and adopted him in May 1979. The mother and father were married in August 1979, and the mother also adopted the child the following October. The parties were divorced in November 1979. In September 1980, the mother was granted custody of the child by a consent order. However, this…