IN RE ADOPTION OF K.A.M.

No. 78-1395.

367 So.2d 744 (1979)

In re ADOPTION OF K.A.M., a Minor.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben L. Bryan, Jr., Fort Pierce, for appellants.

Joe Horn Mount of Peavyhouse, Giglio, Grant, Clark, Charlton & Mount, Tampa, for appellees.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

K.A.M. is five years old. Her parents died in an automobile accident three years ago. The appellees, the child's maternal aunt and her husband, have taken care of K.A.M. since that time under an order of guardianship. The guardianship order permitted appellants, the child's paternal grandparents, to have visitation rights.

Appellees subsequently filed a petition to adopt K.A.M. Appellants opposed the adoption, not on grounds of the unfitness...

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