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ALONZO v. JACQUELINE F.

No. 22181.

445 S.E.2d 189 (1994)

191 W.Va. 248

Sharon ALONZO, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. JACQUELINE F., Adult, Rick F., Adult, Defendants Below, Appellees. Phillip F., Infant, and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Defendants Below, Appellants. Mark E. Gorman and Sherry B. Gorman, Intervenor Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah R. Taylor, Asst. Pros. Atty., for Jackson County, Ripley, for appellee Sharon Alonzo.

Daniel C. Taylor, Ripley, for appellant Phillip F., Infant.

David R. Karr, Ravenswood, Anthony F. Serreno, Charleston, for intervenor appellees Mark E. Gorman and Sherry B. Gorman.

Mark Sergent, Spencer, for appellee Jacqueline F.

Lee F. Benford, II, Ravenswood, for appellee Rick F.

Thomas W. Woodward, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellant the W.Va. Dept. of Health and Human Resources.

MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal, we are asked to determine if the natural mother of a young child can sign a consent to adopt after a petition for abuse and neglect has been filed against her and the circuit court has ordered temporary custody of the child placed in the Department of Health and Human Resources (Department).1

The salient facts are as follows. On February 11, 1992, the...

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