In Re Three Minor Children

These petitions were filed on April 9, 1970, by the Child Welfare Services, a division of the Department of Social Welfare, praying that it be awarded custody of three minor children of the appellant, at that time aged 9, 10, and 12 years, as neglected children. Later the mother, hereinafter referred to as the appellant, on May 18, 1970, moved in the Family Court to dismiss the petitions, which motion, after hearing, was denied on June 4, 1970. Subsequently the Family Court held a further hearing on the petitions, found the children to be neglected, and ordered them into the custody of the…