TYSON v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

65140.

165 Ga. App. 414 (1983)

301 S.E.2d 485

TYSON et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Bozeman, for appellants.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Vivian D. Egan, William Tribble, David C. Will, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.


SOGNIER, Judge.

Cheryl and Joseph Tyson filed a petition to adopt a two-year-old girl. The Department of Human Resources moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that the petitioners had failed to follow the proper procedure in attempting to adopt the child. After a hearing on the matter, the trial court dismissed the adoption petition; the Tysons appeal.

The parties stipulated to the following pertinent facts: that the natural mother had voluntarily signed...

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