NORFOLK DIV. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. HARDY

Record Nos. 0931-03-1, 0973-03-1.

593 S.E.2d 528 (2004)

42 Va. App. 546

NORFOLK DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. Simonia HARDY Lakira Shameka Hardy and Larissa Shanta Hardy, by Their Guardian Ad Litem v. Simonia Hardy.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha G. Rollins, Deputy City Attorney (Bernard A. Pishko, City Attorney, on briefs), for Norfolk Division of Social Services.

Ayodele M. Ama, Guardian ad litem (Ama & Simpson, on briefs), for Lakira Shameka and Larissa Shanta Hardy.

Adrianne L. Bennett (Berry, Ermlich, Lomax & Bennett, on briefs), for Simonia Hardy.

Present: ANNUNZIATA, BUMGARDNER and FRANK, JJ.


ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

These appeals arise from the denial of petitions filed by the Norfolk Division of Social Services (the Division) for (1) permanency planning with the goal of adoption and (2) the termination of parental rights on behalf of two minor female children, Lakira and Larissa. Simonia Hardy (mother) challenged the petitions because she believed the children's best interests would not be served by making the children available for adoption; adoption would...

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