In Re Adoption of a Female Child

412 So.2d 1175 (1982)

In re ADOPTION OF A FEMALE CHILD.

Hoyle L. MILLER

v.

E.K. ARRINGTON, Jr., and Judy Miller Arrington.

No. 53043.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 31, 1982.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1982.

Charles R. Brett, Tupelo, for appellant.

Sandusky, Bailey, Fortenberry & Stephenson, Robert W. Bailey, Meridian, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and HAWKINS, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

E.K. Arrington, Jr., and his wife, Judy Miller Arrington, filed a petition for the adoption of Bridgette Samone Miller, the daughter of Judy Miller Arrington and Hoyle…