IN RE GEORGE GLEN B., JR.

No. 26742.

532 S.E.2d 64 (2000)

207 W.Va. 346

In re GEORGE GLEN B., JR.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Geary, II, Esq., Patricia L. Kotchek, Esq., Geary & Geary, L.C., Petersburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellee Waneta B.

William H. Judy, III, Esq., Judy & Judy, Moorefield, West Virginia, Guardian Ad Litem for George Glen B., Jr.

Marvin Downing, Esq., Moorefield, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellee George Glen B.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Katherine M. Mason, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Beckley, West Virginia, Dennis V. DiBenedetto, Esq., Petersburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellant Department of Health and Human Resources.


STARCHER, Justice:

This appeal from the Circuit Court of Grant County raises the question of whether a circuit court may terminate parental rights to a child solely on the basis that, several years prior to the child's birth, the parental rights to siblings of the child had been terminated. We also consider whether it is mandatory that the Department file a petition to terminate the current parental rights of a parent who...

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