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LEPORI v. WELCH

No. 2011-CA-00057-COA.

93 So.3d 66 (2012)

Catherine LEPORI, Appellant v. Alton WELCH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Judith Barnett , attorney for appellant.

Joe Sam Owen , Charles C. Wimberly III , Gulfport, attorneys for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., BARNES, ISHEE, and MAXWELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-15-103 (Rev.2004) lists the circumstances when a court may terminate a parent's rights in the best interest of the child. After her son Brandon Rathbone died in a work-related accident, Catherine LePori petitioned under section 93-15-103 to terminate the parental rights of Brandon's biological father, Alton Welch, to prevent Welch from benefitting from the wrongful-death action she had filed...

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