The recent Court of Appeals case on a competing adoption petition litigation issued on August 22, 2013 (citation below) defined with more specificity the meaning of “weighty consideration” given to parents’ choice of a fit custodian.  Here the parents whom have been adjudicated as having neglected their children consented to E.A., the great aunt’s adoption petition competing against W.s the foster parents.   The attachment study that was conducted did not factor or involved the children’s attachment to E.A.  In short, it was one sided attachment evaluation.  The study clearly established though a secure attachment to W.s – the foster parents.  
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