Tugen v. Schaeffer

This is an appeal from a circuit court reversal of a probate court order which terminated parental rights and made Jennifer Sharpe a permanent ward of the court.

Jennifer’s mother, who was then divorced and the mother of four older children, three legitimate and one illegitimate, gave birth to Jennifer out of wedlock on August 20, 1968. Four days later she took Jennifer to the Ithaca home of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Tugen. The Tugens, who had a foster parent license, had once cared for her older illegitimate *621child, and an agreement was entered into whereby they would care for Jennifer for $15.00 a week.