MATTER OF WELFARE OF D.L.

No. C7-91-1173.

479 N.W.2d 408 (1991)

In the Matter of the WELFARE of D.L.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted February 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane C. Perry, Shawn M. Perry, Stewart R. Perry, Perry, Perry & Perry, Wayzata, for appellants.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., William A. Neiman, Nancy K. Jones, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent Hennepin County.

Robert L. Barrows, Steven L. Belton, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis, for respondent Grandparents.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., David P. Iverson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent Minnesota Dept. of Human Services.

Wright S. Walling, George T. Stephenson, Walling & Berg, P.A., Minneapolis, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Howard A. Knutson, Knutson, Stier, Ilstrup & Knutson, Burnsville, for amicus curiae NAACP.

Considered and decided by SCHUMACHER, P.J., and KLAPHAKE and DAVIES, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

D.L.'s foster parents and maternal grandparents both sought to adopt her. The foster parents appeal the trial court's ruling granting the grandparents' petition. We affirm.

FACTS

D.L., whose birth date is July 12, 1989, was the third child born during the marriage of Debra L. and Jonathan L. D.L. has been in the care of appellants, her foster parents, since a few days after her birth. D.L., Debra, and the respondent...

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