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MATTER OF JUVENILE ACTION NO. JS-8490

No. CV-93-0385-PR.

179 Ariz. 102 (1994)

876 P.2d 1137

In the Matter of the APPEAL IN MARICOPA COUNTY, JUVENILE ACTION NO. JS-8490.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

June 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Caroline E. Bond and Mary L. Verdier, Phoenix, for Dept. of Economic Sec.

Friedl, Richter & Buri by Charles E. Buri, Phoenix, for Natural Father.

Gary A. Wieser, Phoenix, for Minor Child.

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in severing the parental rights of an unwed father. The father had no contact with his daughter until almost four years after her birth, when he responded to the petition by the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) to terminate his rights based on abandonment.

The trial court found that the father...

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