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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF L-MHB

S-18-0084.

431 P.3d 560 (2018)

2018 WY 140

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF L-MHB, a minor child: TC and GC, Appellants (Petitioners), v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 7, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: Sean W. Scoggin , McKellar, Tiedeken & Scoggin, LLC, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General; Misha Westby , Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Wendy S. Ross , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Ross.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and BURKE, FOX, KAUTZ, and BOOMGAARDEN, JJ.

[¶ 1] TC and GC, husband and wife, are the former foster parents of L-MHB. The district court dismissed their petition to adopt L-MHB because it did not comply with the adoption statutes. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] We rephrase the dispositive issues as:

1. Does the court lack jurisdiction over...

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