In Re the Adoption of Jameson

TUCKETT, Justice:

Appellants Arthur Lea Jameson and his present wife, Sharon Jameson, joined in the petition in the court below for the adoption of Lonny Lea and Julie Rae Jameson, the issue of Arthur Lea Jameson and his former wife, Peggy Arlene Jameson, the respondent. The court denied the petition.

During the marriage of Arthur Lea Jameson and Peggy Arlene Jameson the children, Lonny Lea and Julie Rae, were born. The marriage between Arthur and Peggy ended in divorce in 1963. The children of the marriage were awarded the father, Arthur Lea Jameson. After the divorce the children were placed…