A.E.C. v. J.R.M.

BRYAN, Judge.

This is an adoption case in which A.E.C. (“the birth mother”) appeals the Jefferson Probate Court’s denial of the contest she filed challenging the adoption of A.J.M. (“the child”) by J.R.M., Jr., and J.A.M. (“the adoptive parents”). The birth mother’s contest and appeal are based, in large part, on her assertion that the prebirth-consent form used for the adoption is invalid.

On September 7, 2006, Jefferson County Probate Judge Mark Gaines signed an order confirming the prebirth consent for adoption signed by the birth mother.1 The order states, in part, that

“the Court having…