IN RE ADOPTION OF GOSSETT

No. S-36.

277 So.2d 832 (1973)

In re Adoption of Melissa Ann GOSSETT, a Minor.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Hughes, of Barron, Redding & Boggs, Panama City, for appellants.

Jerry W. Gerde, of Davenport, Johnston, Harris & Gerde, Panama City, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellants, who were petitioners in the trial court, have appealed a final judgment denying their petition for adoption of their granddaughter, child of respondent-appellee herein. It is contended that the manifest weight of the evidence demonstrates their right to the relief prayed for as a matter of law and that the trial court abused its discretion in holding to the contrary.

Appellants are the maternal grandparents of Melissa Ann Gossett...

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