In re T.K.Y.

OPINION

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined.

We granted review in this parental termination case to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that the parentage petition filed by the minor child’s biological father should be denied and that the husband of the child’s biological mother should be declared the father. Having reviewed the record and applicable *346authority, we reverse the Court of Appeals and hold that the biological father is both the “father” under the parentage statutes and the “legal…