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MATTER OF WELFARE OF S.Z.

No. C0-95-763.

547 N.W.2d 886 (1996)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF S.Z.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kennedy, Hennepin County Public Defender and Renee Bergeron, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney and Andrew J. Mitchell, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Andrea K. Niemi and John M. Jerabek, Niemi & Barr, P.A., Minneapolis, for guardian ad litem.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Jeffrey Scott Nichols challenges a determination of the Hennepin County District Court terminating his parental rights to his son, S.Z. The court terminated Nichols' parental rights on three statutory grounds: repeated neglect to comply with parental duties; palpable unfitness to be a party to the parent and child relationship; and because S.Z. was neglected and in foster care. On appeal, the Minnesota Court of Appeals...

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