IN RE DODGE

No. 54,270

8 Kan. App. 2d 259 (1982)

655 P.2d 135

In the Interest of TINA DODGE, A Child Under 18 Years of Age.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Taylor, of Junction City, for the appellant.

Roger L. Unruh, guardian ad litem, of Junction City, Gregory K. Barker, assistant county attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before FOTH, C.J.; JEROME HARMAN, Chief Judge Retired, Assigned; and FREDERICK WOLESLAGEL, District Judge Retired, Assigned.


WOLESLAGEL, J.:

In this appeal a natural mother claims her parental rights should not have been severed. She also claims the trial judge failed to explain why they were. We affirm.

Ordinarily, when parental rights are severed on the ground of unfitness, there is evidence that the parent has physically or mentally abused the child. That is not so in this case. All the evidence produced in the trial was that appellant was a good and loving mother. Her unfitness...

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