Toai Cong Pham v. Hanh My Truong

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves the parties’ adoption of a six-month-old girl, Mai Thanh Truong. Upon the parties petitioning to adopt Mai, Mai’s natural parents entered their consents to the adoption, after which the trial court, on September 17, 1984, entered its temporary decree, finding and ordering Mai to be the parties’ child. Twenty months later, on May 27, 1986, the appellant, adoptive father, petitioned the trial court to allow the withdrawal of his earlier request to adopt Mai and to vacate the September 1984 decree. Appellant’s request ultimately was denied, and resulted in…