DeSANTIS v. PEGUES

No. 10-178.

35 A.3d 152 (2011)

2011 VT 114

Ann Marie DeSANTIS v. John E. PEGUES.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Gatos of Tepper Dardeck Levins & Gatos, LLP, Rutland, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Alan P. Biederman of Biederman Law Office, Rutland, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ., and CRAWFORD, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Father appeals the family court's denial of his motion to reinstate parent-child contact following a voluntary suspension of such contact due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. We hold that the court's finding of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence was insufficient to support an order effectively terminating father's parental rights. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2. The parties were married in 1991, adopted their daughter...

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