Brant v. Bazemore

Carley, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for adoption of a minor child whose father is deceased and whose mother has consented to the adoption. In 1980, the Superior Court of Effingham County granted the petition of the paternal grandparents, the Bazemores, for permanent custody of the child. This court reversed on appeal, holding that the superior court did not have jurisdiction to entertain the grandparents’ petition. Brant v. Bazemore, 159 Ga. App. 659 (284 *295SE2d 674) (1981).

Thereafter, the Brants, who are the brother and sister-in-law of the child’s mother, filed a…