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IN RE BROOKS

No. 51,244

228 Kan. 541 (1980)

618 P.2d 814

In the Interest of DEBRA BROOKS, A Deprived Child Less Than 18 Years of Age.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl A. Menninger, II, of the Mid-Central Legal Center for the Developmentally Disabled, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and William J. Dittmeier and Penny R. Furman, of the same agency, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Muriel Andreopoulos, special juvenile prosecutor, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, were with her on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

This is an appeal by Mary Ann Brooks and Jimmy Brooks from an order of the district court severing their parental rights in Debra Brooks, pursuant to K.S.A. 1978 Supp. 38-824(c).

The three issues before this court are:

1. Is the term "unfit" in K.S.A. 1978 Supp. 38-824(c) unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States...

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