Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama January 18, 2002, 2000409 (K.L.B. v. W.M.F.)

lead-opinion

MURDOCK, Judge.

In November 1998, W.M.F. (“the stepfather”) filed a petition to adopt his stepdaughter, A.B.B. Although the child’s father, K.L.B. (“the father”), contested the petition, the Monroe County Probate Court approved the adoption. This court reversed that decision. See K.L.B. v. W.M.F., 757 So.2d 476 (Ala.Civ.App.2000) (“K.L.B.