Dillon v. Robb

I respectfully dissent: This is an adoption contest between the maternal grandmother and the former boyfriend of the deceased mother.

These are the facts. In 1983 James Robb, then 27 years old, met Briana, then 13 years old, and started cohabiting with her. They lived as husband and wife.1 In 1985 Briana gave birth to a child and Robb was listed as the father on the birth certificate. The couple continued to cohabit until 1987 when Briana and the child moved to California. That was the last time Robb saw the child during Briana’s life. Although Briana and the child subsequently returned to…