SYROVATKA v. ERLICH

No. 79-1269.

608 F.2d 307 (1979)

Lawrence J. SYROVATKA and Lorraine A. Syrovatka, on behalf of Harold Syrovatka and Timothy Syrovatka, minors, Appellants, v. Eldin J. ERLICH, Director of State Department of Public Welfare and Leone Lilliedahl, Director of Saunders County Department of Public Welfare and John and Mary Doe, real names unknown, present custodians of the minor children, Harold Syrovatka and Timothy Syrovatka, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Kelly, Scott & Kelly, Mitchell, Neb., on brief, for appellants.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Royce N. Harper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., on brief, for appellees.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and McMANUS, District Judge.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This action arose on an application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, filed by Lawrence and Lorraine Syrovatka (appellants) to gain custody of their minor children.1 The district court2 dismissed the writ. Appellants allege that the termination of their parental rights is invalid because they received inadequate notice...

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