WILLIAM D.A. v. SHAWNA RENEE A.

No. 25894.

527 S.E.2d 790 (1999)

206 W.Va. 679

WILLIAM D.A., Sr., Petitioner Below, Appellee, v. SHAWNA RENEE A. and Stephen Everett A., Respondents Below, Appellees, Renee A.C., Intervenor Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1999.

Concurring Opinion of Justice Davis and Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Starcher January 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Walker, Esquire Logan, West Virginia Attorney for the Appellee, William D.A., Sr.

Henry E. Wood, III, Esquire Wood Law Office, L.C. Charleston, West Virginia Attorney for the Appellant.

David Allen Barnette, Esq., Monica L. Hussell, Esq., Jackson & Kelly, P.L.L.C. Charleston, West Virginia Attorneys for Amici Curiae Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Inc. and South Central Christian's Home, Inc., dba Child Place.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, Renee A.C., the mother of two infant children, Shawna Renee A. and Stephen Everett A., claims that a consent to adoption signed by her was obtained through the duress of the children's paternal grandfather, and that the Circuit Court of Logan County erred in recognizing the consent to adoption and in allowing the children's paternal grandfather, to adopt the children.

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