Walls v. Walls

HlNES, Justice.

This Court granted an interlocutory appeal in this divorce case to determine whether the adult adoption of John Walls by Cathy L. Conner operated to terminate the intervention of his parents in the custody determination concerning his child. Finding that it did not, we reverse.

John Walls, now known as John Conner (“Conner”), was adopted as a minor by Robert and Sherry Walls (the ‘Wallses”) in 1974. In 1998, Conner married Sharon Williams, now Sharon Walls; the marriage produced one minor child. On May 1, 2002, Conner (then still known as John Walls) filed for divorce from…