STATE v. DOE

No. 7693.

117 N.H. 562 (1977)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JANE DOE.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Souter, attorney general, and Anne E. Cagwin, attorney (Ms. Cagwin orally), for the state.

John C. Boeckeler, of Concord, guardian ad litem, by brief and orally for Jane Doe.


GRIMES, J.

The issue in this case is whether the evidence supports a finding that the parental rights of Jane Doe with regard to her son, John Doe, should be terminated because of abandonment. RSA 170-C:5 I (Supp. 1975).

Jane Doe is the natural mother of John Doe, who is three years old. She suffers from a mental illness and has been a patient at the New Hampshire Hospital on several occasions beginning in 1970. She...

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