Legal Opinion
Deahl v. Winchester Department of Social Services
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 21, 1983No. Record 820042PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Vester and Dottie Deahl are the natural parents of Jack Warren Deahl, born November 11, 1967. Upon petition of the Winchester Department of Social Services (Department) and pursuant to Code § 16.1-283, the trial court terminated the Deahls’ residual parental rights in their son. This appeal followed.
The essential facts, as outlined in the Department’s reports and a circuit court decree dated November 18, 1980, are:
On August 28, 1978, Jack, the eldest of three children, was removed from the Deahl home because of parental abuse and placed in the Department’s emergency custody. On September 8,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Justus v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1981
- Loren E. Barry v. Maurice Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Toombs v. Lynchburg Division of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Weaver v. Roanoke Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Slayton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Bagwell v. International Union, UMWASupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
- In re T. L. S.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1984
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