IN RE TESSLA N.M.

No. 29964.

566 S.E.2d 221 (2002)

211 W.Va. 334

In re TESSLA N.M. and Sarah S.B.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven T. Cook, Esq., Stapleton Law Offices, Huntington, for Bonita W., Mother.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Esq., Attorney General, Charleston, Teresa Brown, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Teays, for WV DH & HR.


MAYNARD, Justice:

On November 17, 2000, during a status review hearing in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, the appellant, Bonita W., voluntarily relinquished her parental rights to her daughters, Sarah S.B. and Tessla N.M. The appellant subsequently filed a motion seeking to set aside the voluntary termination. The circuit court denied the motion. She alleges the court erred because the oral relinquishment was not verified in writing and was made under duress. We...

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