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IN RE ADOPTION OF FEMALE CHILD

896 S.W.2d 546 (1995)

In re ADOPTION OF FEMALE CHILD. George Bartlett BOND, Jr., and Janice C. Bond, Petitioners, v. Gordon Scott McKENZIE and Melissa McKenzie Meeks (Argo), Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Giordano, Susano, Sheppeard, Giordano & Swanson, Knoxville, for petitioner.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Sr. Counsel, Nashville, Neil G. McBride, Oak Ridge, for respondent.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the competing claims of the mother of an infant and a couple who have custody of and have petitioned to adopt the child. The record requires that the decision of the Court of Appeals denying the mother custody be reversed and that the petition for adoption be dismissed.

The child was born in May 1987. The mother was awarded custody of the child and her two brothers when she was granted a...

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