HARRIS v. LYNCHBURG DIVISION OF SOC. SERV.

Record Nos. 802043, 802047.

288 S.E.2d 410 (1982)

Lorene P. HARRIS v. LYNCHBURG DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES. Eli WOODSON v. LYNCHBURG DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barrett Jones, Lynchburg, for appellant in No. 802043.

Walter C. Erwin, III, Asst. City Atty., for appellee in both cases.

Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., Jane D. Hickey, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Rupp, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief, amicus curiae, Commonwealth of Va., Dept. of Welfare, for appellee in both cases.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Richmond, on brief, amicus curiae, Youth Advocacy Clinic, T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, for appellee in both cases.

Curtis M. Coward, Lynchburg (Bell, Coward, Morrison & Spies, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellant in No. 802047.

Before CARRICO, C. J., COCHRAN, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

Lorene P. Harris and Eli Woodson are the unmarried parents of Eli Woodson Harris, born September 5, 1976, and Gwendolyn Darshella Harris, born July 24, 1977. Upon the petitions of the Lynchburg Division of Social Services and pursuant to Code § 16.1-283(C)(2),1 the trial court terminated Harris' and Woodson's residual parental rights and authorized the Division to...

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