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IN RE ADOPTION OF B.T.

No. 26833-7-II.

47 P.3d 188 (2002)

112 Wash.App. 143

In re the ADOPTION OF B.T., A Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

June 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Jaasko-Fisher, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellant.

Gary Alan Preble, Olympia, for Respondents.

BRIDGEWATER, J.

Dorothy and Gary Avery appeal a superior court order dismissing their petition to adopt their granddaughter, B.T. We reaffirm the presumption favoring grandparents in a custody decision against someone other than a parent and hold that this presumption maintains in adoption proceedings. Further, grandparents have standing to maintain an adoption proceeding regardless of whether the child has been placed with the grandparents in the past or whether...

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