HARPER v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES

No. 30, 2008.

953 A.2d 719 (2008)

Melanie HARPER, Respondent Below, Appellant, v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES and Office of the Child Advocate, Petitioners Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret R. Cooper, Esquire, Fuqua and Yori, P.A., Georgetown, Delaware, for appellant.

Kathryn L. Welch, Esquire, Department of Justice, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellee.

Heather Williams, Esquire, Office of the Child Advocate, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.


HOLLAND, Justice.

Melanie Harper (the "Mother"), birth mother of Dijonaha Harper1 ("Child"), appeals from a Family Court decision terminating her parental rights and transferring them to the Division of Family Services of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families ("DFS"). On appeal, the Mother argues that the trial court erred in concluding that DFS proved by clear and convincing evidence: first, that the Mother...

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