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IN RE ARZUAGA-GUEVARA

No. 506, 2001.

794 A.2d 579 (2001)

In the Matter of Michael ARZUAGA-GUEVARA, a minor, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Petitioner, v. Yadira Guevara, Mother and Jonathan Arzuaga, Father, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Brendan O'Neill (argued) and James D. Nutter (argued), Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant, Jonathan Arzuaga.

Kathryn J. Laffey (argued), Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney Guardian Ad Litem for Michael Arzuaga-Guevara.

David J. Ferry, Jr. (argued), and Rick S. Miller, Ferry & Joseph, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Mother, Yidira Guevara.

John A. Parkins, Jr. (argued) and Steven J. Fineman, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, for petitioner, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices.

HOLLAND, Justice:

Five-month-old Michael Arzuaga-Guevara ("Michael") is a patient in the pediatric intensive care unit at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children ("Hospital"). Michael is suffering from severe brain damage and other injuries allegedly inflicted by his father, Jonathan Arzuaga ("Father"). It is undisputed that Michael will spend the rest of his life in a persistent vegetative state.

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