MATTER OF WELFARE OF CHOSA

No. 50234.

290 N.W.2d 766 (1980)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF Anthony Fred CHOSA. RAMSEY COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, petitioner, Respondent, v. Bruce BECK, guardian ad litem, Respondent, Peggy Ann Chosa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roedler, Bellows & Hughes and George R. Roedler, Jr., St. Paul, for appellant.

Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for Ramsey County Welfare Dept.

Bruce L. Beck, St. Paul, for the Child.

Heard before TODD, YETKA, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Anthony Fred Chosa was born January 27, 1976. His mother, Peggy Ann Chosa, is an unmarried American Indian who was 15 years old at the time of his birth. The parental rights of Peggy and the father were terminated on March 6, 1979. Peggy has appealed. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

During most of the year and a quarter between Anthony's birth and April 14, 1977, when he was adjudicated dependent and neglected, Anthony lived with...

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