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IN RE R.P.

No. 60,601

12 Kan. App. 2d 503 (1988)

749 P.2d 49

In the Interest of R.P., A Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Petition for review denied April 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Anderson, of Entz, Anderson & Chanay, of Topeka, for the appellants.

Roberta Sue McKenna, of Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services-Youth Services, of Topeka, for appellee Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

James W. Morrison, of Morrison, Frost and Olsen, of Manhattan, guardian ad litem.

John E. Lang, of Wamego, for appellee foster parents.

Before DAVIS, P.J., BRAZIL, J., and MICHAEL J. MALONE, District Judge, assigned.

DAVIS, J.:

The appellants, Mr. and Mrs. B, appeal the district court's decision denying their petition to adopt Mrs. B's ten-year-old niece, R.P. They contend that the court failed to accord them the preference required by K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 38-1584(c)(3).

In a well-reasoned opinion, the district court found the appellants to be good prospective adoptive parents, but granted the petition for adoption of Mr....

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