Viray v. Hennepin County Welfare Department

Nelson, Justice.

Appellant, Monica Viray, appeals from an order of the Hen-nepin County District Court, Juvenile Division, terminating her parental rights and transferring legal custody and guardianship of her child, Vincent Franklin Viray, to the commissioner of public welfare.

On August 11, 1967, the Hennepin County Welfare Department filed a petition alleging neglect of Vincent, who was born September 30, 1966. On August 18, 1967, Vincent was adjudicated a neglected child on the basis of the mother’s excessive consumption of barbiturates and sleeping pills and the fact that on numerous…