Adoption of Hall v. Hall

PATTERSON, Justice.

This appeal arises from a final decree of the Chancery Court of George County, Mississippi, denying a petition for adoption filed by the paternal grandparents of Timothy Kelly Hall, six years of age, and Anna Maria Hall, four years of age, the children of petitioners’ son, David Alton Hall, and the respondent, Sonja Tanner Hall. The father of the children consented to their adoption, but respondent objected thereto. The adoption of the children by the paternal grandparents was denied, leaving custody with the mother pursuant to a former decree which awarded custody to her…