MATTER OF ADOPTION OF B.L.S.

No. CA 94-814.

901 S.W.2d 38 (1995)

50 Ark.App. 155

In the Matter of the ADOPTION of B.L.S., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

July 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shellie L. Moore, Little Rock, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.


JENNINGS, Chief Judge.

Eva Lynette Swain filed a petition in Pulaski County Probate Court to adopt her infant niece, BLS. After a hearing, the probate judge declined to grant the adoption and Ms. Swain appeals. She contends that the probate judge erred in determining that the adoption was not in the best interest of the child. We agree and reverse and remand.

At the time of the hearing Ms. Swain was twenty-two years old. The child was born on June 6, 1993...

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