DAVIS v. ADOPTION OF T.R.D.

No. 90-1609.

575 So.2d 1364 (1991)

Sam DAVIS and Gardenia Davis, Appellants, v. In re ADOPTION OF T.R.D., a Minor, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karlan & Gerson and Gladys Gerson, Miami, for appellants.

A. Lester Langer, Vivian Moran, Guardian Ad Litem, Miami, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

This bittersweet quandary required the trial court to choose between two caring and well-adjusted couples seeking to adopt an orphaned three-year-old. On one side are the maternal grand-aunt and her husband, and on the other side are the paternal grandparents.

The appellants-grandparents rely principally on section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which gives them first priority to adopt where a child has resided with the grandparent for...

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