Questão jurídica principal
Whether the surviving adopter's appeal became moot after his death
Decisão extraída
The deceased applicant's appeal was dismissed as moot because his personal interest in the appeal had lapsed, although the adoption request itself was not automatically moot.
Fundamentação extraída
The right to seek adoption is strictly personal and non-inheritable. After the applicant's death during the appeal, he no longer had a legal interest in pursuing the remedy.