Cox

Frank E. and Dorothy M. Meredith seek a writ of supersedeas to stay the execution of an order which requires that they relinquish custody of Robert Allen Cox to his purported natural parents, Roy G. and Virgie Lee Cox, pending the Merediths’ appeal from that order which also *435 granted the Coxes’ petition to withdraw their consent to the adoption of the minor by the Merediths.

When only a few days old Robert Allen Cox was placed in the home of the Merediths directly from the hospital where he was born to Yirgie Lee Cox on December 13, 1960. His birth certificate states that his mother is Yirgie Lee Bohannon and his father Roy Ray Bohannon. At the hospital he was known as the Bohannon Baby. Following his discharge from the hospital he was continually in the custody of the Merediths for more than 18 months until the court order from which relief is here sought.

The Merediths have filed a petition for the adoption of the minor and in May 1961 the Coxes executed their written consent thereto. The State Department of Social Welfare has made investigations of the parties and the reports thereof are made a part of the record. It appears therefrom that the Coxes have had a stormy…