HUGHES v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES

No. 95,2002.

836 A.2d 498 (2003)

Susan HUGHES and Walter H. Vernon, Respondents Below-Appellants, v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner Below-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret R. Cooper, Esquire, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, Georgetown, Delaware, attorney for appellants.

James S. Reichert, Esquire, Department of Justice, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, STEELE and JACOBS, Justices (constituting the Court en Banc).


HOLLAND, Justice.

The respondents-appellants, Susan Hughes (the "Mother") and Walter H. Vernon (the "Father", or collectively, "the parents"), filed a timely notice of appeal with this Court from a final judgment of the Family Court. Pursuant to that judgment, the Family Court granted the petition of the Division of Family Services ("DFS"), petitioner-appellee, to terminate the Mother's and the Father's parental rights.<...

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