MELTON v. STATE DEPT. OF PEN. & SEC.

Civ. 4067.

448 So.2d 392 (1984)

Cecilia MELTON v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

April 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis C. Reding, Montgomery, for appellant.

Mary Lee Stapp and John Coleman Campbell, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Palmer Smith Lehman, Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, Montgomery, guardian ad litem.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a termination of parental rights case.

In March 1977 the Tallapoosa County Department of Pensions and Security (DPS) received a child abuse and neglect report concerning Juanita Melton, the five-month-old daughter of Cecilia and Harold Melton. The report indicated that for three days prior thereto, Mr. Melton had been walking up and down the road with Juanita, attempting to give her away to passersby.1

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