Neill v. Brannon

Ellington, Chief Judge.

Kelly Neill, the mother of seven-year-old C. B. N., appeals from the trial court’s grant of the legitimation petition filed by the girl’s biological father, Charles Brannon. Neill contends that the court *821erred in failing to expressly rule upon whether Brannon had abandoned his opportunity interest in establishing a parent-child relationship with C. B. N. and whether legitimation was in the child’s best interest. She also argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the court’s judgment. For the following reasons, we reverse the court’s grant of Brannon’s…