Johnsons v. Tompkins

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellants, Anthony and stice. paternal grandparents of Tyler Davis Johnson, who is the child of appellee Melissa Tompkins and appellants’ deceased son, Jeffrey Johnson. Melissa Johnson, now Tompkins, and Jeffrey Johnson were divorced shortly after Tyler’s birth, and Melissa Johnson retained custody of Tyler. She then married Kenneth Tompkins in 1992. On September 25, 1998, Jeffrey Johnson died, and on December 30, 1998, Kenneth Tompkins, with the consent of Melissa Tompkins, filed a petition to adopt Tyler in the Saline County Probate Court. On January 6, 1999,…