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DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES v. HARRISON

No. 319, 1997.

741 A.2d 1016 (1999)

DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent Below, Cross-Appellant, v. Ralph C. HARRISON, Sr., Petitioner Below, Cross-Appellee, and Bryce and Laurissa Butler, Petitioners Below, Cross-Appellees, and Darlene M. Harrington, Respondent Below, Cross-Appellee, and Court Appointed Special Advocate, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joelle P. Hitch, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for respondent below/cross-appellant, Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, Division of Family Services.

Ralph C. Harrison, Sr., Wilmington, Delaware, pro se petitioner below/cross-appellee.

Francine R. Solomon, Wilmington, Delaware, for petitioners below/cross-appellees, Bryce and Laurissa Butler.

Darlene M. Harrington, Newark, Delaware, pro se respondent below/cross-appellee.

Loreto P. Rufo, of The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, Delaware, for cross-appellee, Court Appointed Special Advocate.

Before VEASEY, C.J., and HOLLAND and BERGER, JJ.

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Family Court involving a child guardianship matter. The Division of Family Services ("DFS") contends that the Family Court erred, as a matter of law, in granting foster parents guardianship over a minor child. DFS argues that, without its consent, foster parents do not have standing to seek or contest custody awards for foster children placed in their...

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