Legal Opinion
Division of Family Services v. S.P.
Delaware Family Court
Decided June 3, 2015No. File No. 14-11-4TK; Petition No. 14-32534PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Nicholas, W.
This is the Court’s decision regarding a Petition for Termination and Transfer of Parental Rights filed by the Division of Family Services (“DFS”), a division of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (“Department”). The Respondent is S.P., the adoptive father of A.P. (“the Child”).
BACKGROUND
In March, 2014, S.P. was arrested for systematically sexually abusing the Child and for recording and distributing images of the abuse. The Department, through the DFS, filed for and received temporary emergency custody of the Child at that time. In September, 2014,…
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