IN RE B.M.

No. 95-087.

682 A.2d 477 (1996)

In re B.M., Juvenile.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied July 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Appel, Defender General, and William A. Nelson, Appellate Attorney, Montpelier, for appellant father.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, and Barbara L. Crippen, Assistant Attorney General, Waterbury, for appellee Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Charles S. Martin of Martin and Paolini, Barre, for appellee Juvenile.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This termination-of-parental-rights case poses painfully difficult questions. Father, who did not play a significant caretaking role in this child's early life, has overcome substance abuse problems and stabilized his life, and now believes he can act as a parent to his young daughter. The child, now almost nine years old, has been in the custody of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS...

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