Legal Opinion
Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 28, 1981No. 79-6423PublishedCited by 2,711 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
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In the late spring of 1975, after hearing evidence that the petitioner, Abby Gail Lassiter, had not provided her infant son William with proper medical care, the District Court of Durham County, N. C., adjudicated him a neglected child and transferred him to the custody of the Durham County Department of Social Services, the respondent here. A year later, Ms. Lassiter was charged with first-degree murder, was convicted of second-degree murder, and began a sentence of 25 to 40 years of imprisonment.1 In 1978 the Department *21petitioned the court to terminate Ms. Lassiter’s parental rights…
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