Coker v. Child Support Enforcement Unit

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Appellant, Robert Leroy Coker, appeals from the entry of a final order of adoption denying his motion to dismiss the petition for adoption.1 On December 10, 1996, appellant and his then-wife, Rhonda Coker, filed a petition for adoption in which appellant sought to adopt the minor child and son of Rhonda Coker, Heath Ralston. The petition noted that Ralston had resided with the appellant and Coker since their marriage on August 25, 1995. On December 12, 1996, the court entered a temporary order of adoption,2 noting that Ralston had resided with Rhonda Coker and…