IN RE A.L.Z.

Docket No. 230788.

636 N.W.2d 284 (2001)

247 Mich. App. 264

In the Matter of A.L.Z., a Minor. James Samuel Van Dyke and Michelle Leigh Van Dyke, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Scott P. McHugh, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 31, 2001, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for publication November 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth T. Saukas, P.C. (by G. Robert Carpenter), Grand Rapids, for the petitioners.

Donald W. Garthe, Grand Rapids, for the respondent.

Before NEFF, P.J., and DOCTOROFF and WILDER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioners Michelle L. and James S. Van Dyke appeal as of right from the family court's order denying their petition for stepparent adoption of A.L.Z. (born May 29, 1994) pursuant to M.C.L. § 710.51(6). We affirm.

Respondent father Scott P. McHugh and petitioner mother Michelle Van Dyke began dating in February 1993 while they were high school students in Grand Rapids. After learning in October 1993, that petitioner mother was pregnant, the...

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