Court Opinion

ID: 9738965
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:06:11.5358+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:09.472221
License: Public Domain

Doctoroff, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result in this action. Pursuant to MCL 710.24(1); MSA 27.3178(555.24)(1), the natural mother and the proposed adopting natural father have filed a petition, consented to by their respective spouses and consented to by the adult proposed adoptee. The majority opinion has concluded that the statute involved requires the adopting parties to be married to each other. I agree that this is a correct interpretation of the law as presently written. I write separately to observe that, in this unique situation where all parties have consented to the sought adoption, and particularly where the one person who could possibly be harmed by the adoption, that is, the present wife of the natural father, has consented, the result is particularly harsh.
*548I urge the Legislature to consider amending the statute to provide the probate court the discretion to grant petitions where, as in this case, all interested parties consent.