In re the Adoption of a Minor Child

SMITH, Chief Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case involves the adoption of a minor child and termination of a natural mother’s parental rights. Todd Holmes,1 *570Amy Holmes, and the natural parents of the minor child petitioned the chancery court for an order granting temporary custody without prejudice to the Holmeses, which the chancellor granted. The Holmeses later petitioned the chancellor to adopt the minor child and have the rights of the natural parents terminated. The natural father joined the Holmeses in their request for adoption. The chancellor ordered that the minor child be adopted…