C.M.C. v. A.L.W.

OPINION

MINTON, Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

These combined appeals arise out of the family court’s denial of petitions to adopt four children without the consent of their biological mother, an action that placed in issue the involuntary termination of the biological mother’s parental rights. The first question we must answer here is whether these appeals may proceed in light of the statutory prohibition against appeals from orders denying the involuntary termination of parental rights. We conclude that a conflicting, but more specific, statute allowing appeals from adoptions must prevail. So appeals…