STEWART v. DFS.

Nos. 115, 2009, 151, 2009, 146, 2009.

991 A.2d 750 (2010)

Katrina R. STEWART, Respondent-Below, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES, Petitioner-Below, Appellee. Jennifer Stuart, Respondent-Below, Appellant, v. Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families, Petitioner-Below, Appellee. Rhonda Stevens, Respondent-Below Appellant, v. Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families, Petitioner-Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 16, 2010.

Reargument Denied April 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew W. Gonser, Esquire, of Gonser and Gonser, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant, Katrina R. Stewart.

Jennifer Stuart, pro se.

Rhonda Stevens, pro se.

Anthony U. Longo, Esquire, of the Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

David C. McBride, Esquire and Emily Burton, Esquire, of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor Children, appellees.

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


RIDGELY, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal from a Family Court order terminating Katrina R. Stewart's1 ("Mother") parental rights and denying Mother's Aunt, Jennifer Stuart ("Stuart"), and Mother's mother's, Rhonda Stevens ("Stevens"), respective petitions for guardianship of Stewart's children (the "children"). Stewart makes two arguments on appeal. First, she claims that the Family Court erred when it held that the evidence presented...

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