Supreme Court of Delaware
Stewart v. Dep't of Servs. for Children, Youth & Their Families, 115, 2009
In a consolidated appeal from a family court order terminating petitioner's parental rights and denying petitioner's aunt and mother's respective petitions for guardianship of petitioner's children, the order is affirmed where: 1) the family court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the expert testimony of court-appointed psychiatrists proved, by clear and convincing evidence, that petitioner was mentally incompetent; 2) the state made reasonable efforts to reunite the family; and 3) the family court-s decision to deny the guardianship petitioners was supported by petitioners' mental health history and lack of financial resources.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/17/2010
- Published 03/17/2010
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- Supreme Court of Delaware