Petition of Certain Neglected Children

The mother of certain neglected children has appealed a May 1, 1975, order of disposition of the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 6, Windsor Circuit, that transferred her residual parental rights and responsibilities with regard to her three daughters to the Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services with the right to place them for adoption. Three years earlier in April, 1972, by proceedings under 33 V.S.A. § 645, the custody and guardianship of her children had been transferred to the Commissioner of Social Welfare, but the residual parental rights had re mained with the…