MATTER OF CAROLYN S. S.


498 A.2d 1095 (1984)

In the Matter of CAROLYN S. S. and Michael J. S., Minor Children.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Bell, Woloshin & Tenenbaum, P.A., Wilmington, for appellant.

L. Susan Faw, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C.J., HORSEY and CHRISTIE, JJ.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This appeal raises the issue of whether due process of law requires the appointment of counsel for an indigent parent in a parental rights termination proceeding.

I.

During June, 1983, the appellee, Children's Bureau of Delaware, Inc., (hereinafter "Children's Bureau"), filed in Family Court a petition under 13 Del.C. § 11031 to terminate...

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