IN RE J.C.

No. 98-275.

730 A.2d 588 (1999)

In re J.C. and N.C. (Adoption)

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maryann Zavez, Alexander W. Banks, and Linda Joyce, Russell E. Owens and James Tucker, Legal Interns, South Royalton Legal Clinic, South Royalton, for appellant.

Peter M. Nowlan of Nowlan & Meyer, Randolph, for appellees.

Mark E. Furlan, Randolph, for children.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON AND SKOGLUND, JJ.


AMESTOY, C.J.

Perley E. Smith, the guardian of minors N.C. and J.C., appeals from an order of the probate court denying his petition to terminate the parental rights of respondents, the minors' natural parents. Smith contends the court erred as a matter of law in: (1) concluding that the existence of Smith's guardianship constituted good cause for respondents' nonsupport of the minors; and (2) failing to consider the requisite statutory criteria in ruling that termination...

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