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MATTER OF WELFARE OF J. W. M.

No. 49789.

290 N.W.2d 770 (1980)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF J. W. M.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kennedy, County Public Defender, and Patrick J. Sullivan, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., and Robert W. Gyurci, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for Hennepin County Welfare Department.

John G. Bell, St. Paul, for Melvin and Lois Perkins.

Oakes & Miller and Judith Oakes, St. Paul, for Subject Child.

John C. Bohanon, Minneapolis, for Hallquists.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, KELLY, and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Geraldine McEachran, natural mother of J.W.M., appeals from an order of the juvenile division of the Hennepin County District Court granting the petition of Melvin and Lois Perkins to adopt J.W.M. The critical issue is whether the trial court's findings of fact justify termination of parental rights under Minn.Stat. § 260.221(b)(5) (1978). We hold that the findings neither explicitly nor by implication declare, as required, that following...

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