SIERRA v. DEPT. OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

Nos. 354, 2019C 355, 2019C.

238 A.3d 142 (2020)

Gianna SIERRA and Gilberto Rodriguez, Respondents Below, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, Petitioner Below, Appellee. In the Interest of: Giselle Rodriguez-Sierra.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 17, 2020.

Reargument and Rehearing en Banc Denied September 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T.N. Jordan, Esquire , Jordan Law, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Attorney for Respondent Below, Appellant Gianna Sierra.

George R. Tsakataras, Esquire , The Law Office of George R. Tsakataras, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Attorney for Respondent Below, Appellant Gilberto Rodriguez.

Eliza M. Hirst, Esquire , Office of the Child Advocate, Wilmington, Delaware; Attorney for Child, Giselle Rodriguez-Sierra.

Janice Rowe Tigani, Esquire , DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wilmington, Delaware; Attorney for Department for Children, Youth and their Families.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices.


Mother and Father appeal from a Family Court order terminating their parental rights in Giselle, who was four months old when the Family Court first ordered her removed from the parents' care. The court found Giselle was at risk of chronic and life threatening abuse based on the previous unexplained serious injuries to her...

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