BLACK v. GRAY


540 A.2d 431 (1988)

Jeffrey L. BLACK, Respondent Below, Appellant, v. Cindy M. GRAY, Petitioner Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Karsnitz (argued) and Elizabeth K. Rodriguez, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Georgetown, for appellant.

Edward R. McNamara (argued), of Barros, McNamara & Scanlon, P.A., Dover, for appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


MOORE, Justice.

Jeffrey L. Black1 appeals a ruling of the Family Court terminating his parental rights in his seven year old daughter, Tiffany. For the first time we consider the scope of the grounds for termination of such rights under 13 Del.C. § 1103 (1981), where a parent has abandoned a child in the past, but thereafter, and before the filing of a termination petition, attempts in good faith to exercise his parental responsibilities...

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