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MATTER OF BURNS

519 A.2d 638 (1986)

In the Matter of Derek W. BURNS, A Minor Child.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn R. Schlecker (argued) and Merril L. Zebe (argued), of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, for appellant.

Beth E. Evans (argued), of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellee The Children's Bureau, Inc.

Janice R. Tigani, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee Div. of Child Protective Services.

Before HORSEY, MOORE and WALSH, JJ.

MOORE, Justice.

In this termination of parental rights case we consider for the first time the State's obligations to promote family stability and preserve the family unit, whenever feasible, under the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (the "Child Welfare Act" or the "Act")1 and concomitant Delaware law, 29 Del.C. §§ 9001, 9003(3)(a-b), (4).

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