W. VA. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN v. DORIS S.

Nos. 23156, 23157.

475 S.E.2d 865 (1996)

197 W.Va. 489

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, ex rel. Brenda WRIGHT, Social Service Worker, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. DORIS S. and Rosalee S., Defendants Below, Appellants. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ex rel. Brenda WRIGHT, Social Service Worker, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. MELISSA C., Brian "S." C., Larry "M." C., Joseph E., David E., and any known and unknown Putative Father or Fathers of the Infant Children, Brian "S." C. and Larry "M." C., Defendants Below, David E., Appellant. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ex rel. Brenda WRIGHT, Social Service Worker, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. DORIS S. and Rosalee S., Defendants Below, Appellants. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ex rel. Brenda WRIGHT, Social Service Worker, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. MELISSA C., Brian "S." C., Larry "M." C., Joseph E., John E., David E., and Any Known and Unknown Putative Father or Fathers of the Infant Children, Brian "S." C. and Larry "M." C., Defendants Below, Melissa C. and Doris S., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara L. Baxter, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Jerry Blair, Huntington, for Appellants Doris S. and Melissa C.

Lisa Fredeking White, Guardian Ad Litem, Huntington, for Brian "S." C., Larry "M." C., Joseph E., John E., and Rosalee S.

Dwight J. Staples, Henderson, Henderson & Staples, Huntington, for David E.

Scott Tyree, Huntington, for Mark S.

Richard L. Vital, Huntington, for Paternal Grandparents, Brando & Monroe M., of B.S.C. & L.M.C.

R. Lee Booten, Huntington, for Polly Jean D.


WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the consolidated appeal1 of Melissa C., Doris S.2 and David E.3 from the February 10, 1995, final order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, which resulted in the termination of the following parental rights: Doris S.'s parental rights to her minor child, Rosalee S., five years old...

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