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IN RE ADOPTION OF CF

No. C-04-13.

120 P.3d 992 (2005)

2005 WY 118

The Matter of the ADOPTION OF CF, a minor. TF, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner), and MJW and JMW, Appellees (Petitioners).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Gay Woodhouse and Lori Brand of Gay Woodhouse Law Office, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Brand.

Representing Appellee, State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services: Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley, Deputy Attorney General; Dan S. Wilde, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Nancy Conrad, Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Conrad.

Representing Appellees MJW and JMW: D. Stephen Melchior, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Megan L. Hayes, Laramie, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Hayes.

Representing Guardian ad Litem: John M. Burman and Cara B. Chambers, U.W. Legal Services, Laramie, Wyoming.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, KITE, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.

KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellees MJW and JMW (Foster Parents) filed a petition with the district court to adopt CF. CF's biological mother, TF (Mother), objected to the adoption, and her father (Grandfather) sought custody of, and/or visitation with CF. The district court approved Foster Parents' petition to adopt CF and denied Grandfather's request for visitation. Mother and Grandfather appealed from the district court's order, but Grandfather dismissed his appeal...

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