McNAMES v. CORUM


683 S.W.2d 246 (1984)

Douglas Wayne McNAMES and Carol Lou Schmidt, Appellants, v. Phyllis Ann CORUM, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified January 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Amshoff, Jr., Richard W. Hill, Amshoff & Amshoff, Louisville, for appellants.

Kelly Ann Miller, Robert Frederick Smith, Legal Aid Society, Inc., Louisville, for appellees.


GANT, Justice.

Appellants, husband and wife, filed an action in the Trimble Circuit Court seeking to adopt the infant son of appellee, Phyllis Ann Corum, or, in the alternative, seeking custody of said child. The adoption proceeding was dismissed as premature under KRS 199.470(3), which appellants concede was correct. The only issue remaining herein is the judgment of the trial court awarding custody of the infant child to the natural mother. This Court granted transfer...

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