Legal Opinion

In Re LaFreniere

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided October 3, 1980No. 78-283-AppealPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Family Court decree terminating the appellants’ parental rights to their daughters, Carol and Tina.

In the spring of 1970 the LaFrenieres voluntarily placed two of their children, Carol, then three years and ten months old, and Tina, then ten months old, with the Rhode Island Child Welfare Services (CWS) for temporary care.

On April 10,1970, Carol was placed in the foster home of Mrs. Josephine Betts. On May 8, 1970, Tina was placed in the foster home of Mrs. Lillian Bertram. Carol and Tina continue to reside in these foster homes.

From the spring…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Augustine v. LanglaisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  2. Milliken v. MillikenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
  3. Bottomley v. CoffinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979

3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. State v. ByrnesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
  4. Mikaelian v. Drug Abuse UnitSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
  5. Ayers-Schaffner v. SolomonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983

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