MATTER OF DURYEA

No. 13050-PR.

115 Ariz. 86 (1977)

563 P.2d 885

In the Matter of the Severance of Valerie DURYEA, Shirley Joe, and Stephen Lupe, persons under the age of 18 years. Gary J. WOODS and Virginia N. Woods, Petitioners, v. The Honorable John P. COLLINS, Judge of the Superior Court in and for the County of Pima and Billie Duryea and Shirley Duryea, husband and wife, parents of the minor child, Valerie Duryea, William Joe, Sr., natural father of the minor child Shirley Joe, Carol Linda Lupe and Nathaniel Narcisco, natural parents of the minor child Stephen Lupe, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

April 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leighton H. Rockafellow, Tucson, for petitioners.

Kathleen Rihr, Phoenix, for respondent Natural Parents.

Feldman, Wolin & Lahr, by Philip S. Abromowitz, Tucson, for respondent Minor Children.


HAYS, Justice.

Three petitions for termination of the parent-child relationship, pursuant to A.R.S. § 8-531 et seq., were filed by Virginia and Gary Woods, hereinafter petitioners. They were consolidated by the Pima County Juvenile Court hearing the action. The children involved were Stephen Lupe, Valerie Duryea and Shirley Joe, all American Indian children enrolled with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. The natural parents of the children, hereinafter respondents...

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