MARTIN v. ADOPTION OF L.M.D.

No. 3D10-2407.

64 So.3d 758 (2011)

Joseph MARTIN and Arlene Martin, Petitioners, v. In re the ADOPTION OF L.M.D., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Marks , Miami, for petitioners.

Mary Pena ; Andrew M. Kassier , for respondent.

Before GERSTEN, RAMIREZ, and EMAS, JJ.


GERSTEN, J.

Joseph and Arlene Martin ("the adoptive parents") seek certiorari or prohibition based on the trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss Karen DeAngelis' ("the biological mother") motion to vacate an adoption. We grant the petition.

The adoptive parents, the maternal grandparents of the child, L.D.M., sought to adopt L.D.M. After the biological mother signed documents consenting to the adoption, the trial...

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