J.L.W.W. v. CLARKE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES

No. 98-CT-00087-SCT.

759 So.2d 1183 (2000)

J.L.W.W. and M.F.W. v. CLARKE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, by Clayton R. BARNETT, Social Services Regional Director, and M.S.W., C.L.W., J.L.W., and B.S.W., minors, By and Through their next friend, Clayton R. Barnett.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Potuk, Quitman, Leslie C. Gates, Meridian, Attorneys for Appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by Bridgette Elaine Williams, Attorney for Appellees.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal presents a question of how the rights of parents under the Confrontation Clause in a termination of parental rights case should be balanced against the protection of the emotional and psychological well-being of their children. The Court of Appeals found that the Clarke County Department of Human Services did not meet its burden in attempting to have admitted certain statements...

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