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Domestic Relations - Termination Of Parental Rights - Rehabilitative Services (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: June 30, 2008

A mother with a history of mental illness cannot overturn the termination of her parental rights to her newborn infant on the ground that the Petersburg Department of Social Services failed to provide her with rehabilitative services, the Court of Appeals holds. Based upon the circumstances of the case and a mental health evaluation, the trial ...
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