In the Interest of D.B.S. v. M.S.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

In 1980, P.S. (natural mother) and M.S. were married. While they were living together as husband and wife, D.B.S. was conceived and bom. Four years later, M.S. and P.S. were involved in a hotly contested divorce. P.S. initially alleged that G.F. rather than M.S. was the biological father of D.B.S.; she later withdrew her motion for determination of D.B.S/s parentage upon the advice of her counsel. Eventually, P.S. and M.S. were granted joint custody of D.B.S., with M.S. given residential custody and P.S. given visitation rights. Since the…