Legal Opinion
In re M.T.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 7, 2006No. 06-193PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. Mother appeals the family court’s order terminating her parental rights with respect to her son, M.T. She argues that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over her because she was not served with a summons to appear at the termination hearing. We reverse the court’s order and remand the matter because the court failed to directly notify mother, in addition to her attorney, of the scheduled termination hearing.
¶ 2. M.T. was bom in June 1992 and placed in the custody of the Department for Children and Families (DCF) in May 2005 because mother had left him with an older brother unable to…
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