Janessa R.K.B.E. and Kyle L.E.

Case Number
E2011-01254-COA-R3-CV

Petitioners petitioned the Trial Court to adopt three children. The Trial Court, upon hearing the evidence, held that the adoptive parents had met all the legal requirements to adopt the children and that it was in the best interest of the children for the petitioners to adopt them. Following the adoption order, one of the children's grandmother filed a motion in the Trial Court seeking Tenn. R. Civ. P. 60 relief. The Trial Court overruled the grandmother's motion and the grandmother appealed to this Court. We hold the grandmother was not a necessary party at the proceedings, did not seek to intervene in the adoption proceedings, and was not entitled to seek relief under the Rule 60 motion. We affirm the Judgment of the Trial Court.

Authoring Judge
Presiding Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Originating Judge
Judge Wheeler Rosenbalm
Case Name
Janessa R.K.B.E. and Kyle L.E.
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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