Murphy v. McCarthy

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

We granted John and Jeanette Murphy’s application for an interlocutory appeal to review the trial court’s grant of Austin and Ellen McCarthy’s motion to intervene in the Murphys’ proceedings to adopt the McCarthys’ grandchild.

The record shows the Murphys’ adoption petition was supported by the necessary supporting documentation, including both natural parents’ voluntary surrender of their parental rights to the Murphys. The record also shows the child’s parents are living adults, a married couple, and the mother of the child is the McCarthys’ daughter. The Murphys…