Owens v. Worley

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellees filed a petition for adoption seeking to adopt the natural children of appellants. Attached to the petition was a document signed by appellants and entitled “SURRENDER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. FINAL RELEASE FOR ADOPTION.” Nearly three months after surrendering their parental rights, appellants filed objections to the adoption, the chief objection being that they had not freely and knowingly surrendered their parental rights. That objection was based on appellants’ contention that appellees had misrepresented the nature of the documents appellants signed. The…