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TEACHEM v. TERRY

No. 637, 2011.

56 A.3d 1041 (2012)

William D. TEACHEM, Appellant Below, Respondent, v. Nancy M. TERRY, Appellee Below, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Baumberger , Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, Delaware for appellant.

David C. Gagne , Woloshin Lynch Natalie & Gagne, Wilmington, Delaware for appellee.

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

STEELE, Chief Justice:

A father appeals a Family Court judge's termination of his parental rights. We reaffirm that intentional abandonment requires a finding that the parent had a settled purpose to forego all parental duties and relinquish all parental claims. We hold that the record supports the judge's holding that the father abandoned his son and that termination is in the child's best interests. Therefore we AFFIRM in part, REVERSE...

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