IN RE DIANE


318 A.2d 629 (1974)

In the Matter of DIANE, a minor.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

March 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Meekins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for petitioner.

James F. Boomer, Community Legal Aid Society, Wilmington, for Diane's father.


BROWN, Vice Chancellor:

The Division of Social Services, a division of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Delaware, a State agency, has petitioned to be appointed guardian of the person of a sixteen-year-old minor, hereafter referred to an "Diane". The facts and allegations indicate that Diane's mother deserted her, her father and five other children in 1962 and that her whereabouts have ever since remained unknown. The father was unable...

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