IN RE COLOMBE

No. 76-72.

298 A.2d 820 (1972)

In re Christine A. COLOMBE.

Supreme Court of Vermont, Washington.

December 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Jeffords, Atty. Gen., Benson Scotch, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Brock, Montpelier, for the child.

Michael Kupersmith, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for the parents.

Before SHANGRAW, C. J., and BARNEY, SMITH, KEYSER and DALEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is a proceeding to permanently deprive parents of their custodial rights to their infant child under the provisions of 33 V.S.A., § 656. As a consequence of an altercation occurring at one of the hearings, the father was committed to Waterbury State Hospital and determined to be insane at the time of the hearing. Since no guardian was appointed to protect this parent's interest in a proceeding involving so vital a right, the resulting judgment...

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