Nash-Putnam v. McCloud

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming a judgment terminating the parental rights of the respondent-mother and decreeing the adoption of the child by the petitioner-foster parents. The record supports that judgment.

Debra McCloud was born on December 22, 1988. Two months later, in February 1989, she became a ward of the state, subject to the management of its Department of Human Services (DHS) and the pronouncements of its courts. Since the State became her parens patriae, Debra has been the victim of inconsistent counsel provided…