A.S.A. v. K.L.W.

SHRUM, Judge.

This is a step-parent adoption case brought by A.S.A., Sr. (Father) and his present wife, J.J.A. (Adoptive Mother).1 The two children who are the subjects of the adoption petition were born of the now-dissolved marriage of Father and K.L.W. (Mother). The adoption ease was consolidated with a separate case brought by Mother in which she sought to modify the dissolution decree so as to give her custody of the two children, or alternatively, provide Mother with specified visitation periods.2 Mother’s parents, V.W. and P.D.W. (Intervenors), were allowed to intervene in the…