In re the Guardianship & Custody of Sloan

In this proceeding to transfer guardianship and custody of an infant, respondent mother moves to vacate the court’s order that she undergo psychiatric examination on the ground of her Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory self incrimination. 1

The infant herein was born May 11, 1972 and has been in the care of petitioning agency since April 17, 1973. Her father *307has signed a surrender for her adoption. Her mother is alleged to have suffered continuously from serious mental illness which, if proved, is a ground for dispensing with parental consent to adoption. The petition is brought…