IN RE JOHNSON

No. 47,279

214 Kan. 780 (1974)

522 P.2d 330

IN THE INTEREST OF JIMM JOHNSON, ALLEN J. JOHNSON, KATHLEEN JOHNSON, THOMAS G. JOHNSON, JEAN JOHNSON and LEWIS M. JOHNSON, Children under eighteen (18) years of age. (STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RUSSELL JOHNSON and ALICE JOHNSON, Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Hiebert, of the Legal Aid Society of Wichita, Inc., argued the cause, and Stephen J. Blaylock, of Blaylock and Johnson, of Wichita, was with him on the brief for the appellants.

Clifford L. Bertholf, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and Keith Sanborn, district attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HARMAN, C.:

This is an appeal in a proceeding wherein parental rights were terminated pursuant to K.S.A. 38-824 and related provisions in our juvenile code. The issues are the admissibility of hearsay evidence in such a proceeding and sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding of parental unfitness.

Appellants Russell Johnson and Alice Johnson are the natural parents of Jimm Johnson, born February 27...

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