J.C. v. NATURAL PARENTS

No. 53321.

417 So.2d 529 (1982)

In re Adoption of a Minor Child J.C. and N.C. v. NATURAL PARENTS, Scott County Welfare Department, D.E.S. and J.A.S., Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Bustin, Forest, for appellants.

Garland D. Upton, Columbia, Joseph A. Gentile, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal evolves from the Chancery Court of Scott County wherein J.C. and N.C.1, appellants, sought to adopt an infant child born November 21, 1980, and placed in their home on January 8, 1981, by the Scott County Welfare Department pursuant to a placement contract for foster care. After obtaining a surrender of parental rights and consent to adoption from the natural parents while both were incarcerated...

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