Schumacher v. Sexton

Ruffin, Judge.

The Schumachers are the paternal grandparents of the child involved in this termination of parental rights case. In 1989, when the child was less than a year old, her mother sent her to live with the Sextons. At that time the mother was separated from the child’s father and living with another man. The father died in 1993. On November 16, 1993, the mother executed forms surrendering the child to the Sextons and acknowledging the surrender pursuant to OCGA §§ 19-8-5 and 19-8-26 (g).

In January 1994, the Sextons filed a petition to adopt the child. Three months later, the…