Baker v. Webb

STUMBO, Justice.

We took discretionary review of this case in order to determine whether the Edmonson Circuit Court erred in failing to allow the biological relatives of a minor child to intervene in an adoption proceeding instituted by the foster family with whom the child currently resides (the Webbs). Because we find that the Ed-monson Circuit Court’s decision denying Appellants’ motion to intervene in the adoption proceeding pursuant to Civil Rule (CR) 24.01, intervention of right, was error, we vacate the circuit court’s judgment of adoption in favor of the Webbs, and remand this case to…