Supreme Court of Delaware
Waters v. Div. of Family Servs., 498, 2005
An order terminating a father's parental rights in his daughter is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where the state deprived him of due process by terminating his parental rights without first providing a case plan for the daughter or attempting reunification with her, and the trial court's determination that he abandoned his daughter was factually erroneous.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/17/2006
- Published 07/20/2006
Judges
- JACOBS, Justice., Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.
Court
- Supreme Court of Delaware
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Robert H. Robinson, Jr., Esquire, of Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard, P.A., Georgetown, Delaware; for Appellant., James S. Reichert and Kristin S. Gibbons, Esquires, Georgetown, Delaware; Court Appointed Special Advocate.
- For Appellees:
- Kathryn L. Welch, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Georgetown, Delaware; for Appellee Division of Family Services.