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INTEREST OF P.R.

No. 119,745.

480 P.3d 778 (2021)

In the INTEREST OF P.R., A Minor Child.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel I. Hockenbarger , of Topeka, was on the briefs for appellant natural mother.

Morgan L. Hall , deputy district attorney, was on the briefs for appellee State of Kansas.

Jennifer Martin Smith , of Alderson, Alderson, Conklin, Crow & Slinkard, L.L.C., of Topeka, and Samantha R. Harrington , of Topeka, were on the briefs for appellees adoptive parents.

We hold in this case that formal written acceptance by the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) is not required in order for a parent's relinquishment of parental rights to that agency to be valid. We find under the facts of this case that the mother's relinquishment of parental rights...

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