Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of M.D.O.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 2, 1990No. C3-89-1218PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POPOVICH, Chief Justice.
After Janet Ostlund was convicted of the second-degree murder of her adopted daughter, Maria, the Hennepin County Bureau of Social Services petitioned to terminate parental rights between Janet Ostlund and M.D.O., Ostlund’s biological child born after the death of the adopted daughter. The trial court dismissed the petition, concluding the county had failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that Ost-lund was palpably unfit to be a party to the parent-child relationship or that Ostlund had refused or neglected to comply with the duties imposed by that…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority HouseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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3Cited by65 opinions
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