Ward v. Faw

Johnnie Michael Faw petitioned the court below for the adoption and change of name of Jerone Walter Ward, Jr. The child was the infant son of Faw’s wife, Karen Rebecca Faw, who joined in the petition to indicate her consent to the adoption. Subsequently, the child’s natural father, appellant Jerone Walter Ward, filed an objection to the adoption and was allowed to intervene in the proceeding. Following an ore tenus hearing and a subsequent private interview of the child by the trial judge, the court below, in the April 1977 order appealed from, approved the adoption and change of name,…