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SUSTER v. ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 92-1214.

858 S.W.2d 122 (1993)

314 Ark. 92

Lois SUSTER, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Putman, Harrison, for appellant.

G. Keith Griffith, Chief Counsel, Fort Smith, for appellee.

Steven B. Davis, Harrison, for separate appellee Crystal Mounts.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

The issue before us is the effect of a court ordered termination of the parental rights of a mother to her child in relation to the rights of the child's maternal grandmother to visitation and custody of the child. We hold that the grandmother's rights are derivative of her daughter's rights, and for this reason the grandmother has no standing to intervene in the adoption proceedings of her granddaughter...

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