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IN RE SAMANTHA M.

No. 25427.

518 S.E.2d 387 (1999)

205 W.Va. 383

In re SAMANTHA M.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 12, 1999.

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of Justice Workman July 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith White, Esquire, Bryant & White, St. Marys, West Virginia, Guardian ad Litem.

Joseph P. Albright, Jr., Esquire, Albright, Bradley & Ellison, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Steven S., Father, Appellant.

Ira Haught, Esquire, Harrisville, West Virginia, Attorney for Rebecca O., Mother.

C. Blaine Myers, Esquire, William G. Powell, Esquire, Myers, Powell & Dunbar, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Diana and David M., Grandparents, Appellees.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Barbara L. Baxter, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Appellee.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by Steven S. from a decision of the Circuit Court of Wood County awarding custody of his natural child, Samantha M., to David M. and Diana M., the child's maternal grandparents. On appeal, Steven S. claims that the circuit court erred in awarding the M.'s custody of Samantha, even though he was Samantha's natural father, and even though no allegation of abuse or neglect had ever been formally...

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