IN RE ADOPTION OF WILLIAM ALBERT B.

No. 31728.

607 S.E.2d 531 (2004)

216 W.Va. 425

In re the ADOPTION OF WILLIAM ALBERT B., Katy Ann B., and Sierra Nicole B.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Isner, Harrisville, for Appellant Clyde Dewayne B.

Gary L. Rymer, Middlebourne, for Appellees Charles and Patricia B.

Carolyn G. Flannery, Snyder & Hassig, New Martinsville, Guardian ad Litem for the Children.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Tyler County, we are asked to review orders holding that a father had abandoned his three children, and allowing those children to be adopted by their maternal grandparents.

As set forth below, we reverse the circuit court's orders.

I.

This case presents a narrow question of fact that, as a result of forum shopping, is posited squarely between two courts with overlapping and/or conflicting...

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