State v. JULIE G.

500 S.E.2d 877 (1997)

201 W.Va. 764

STATE of West Virginia, Petitioner Below, Appellant,

v.

JULIE G., Natural Mother of Emily G., an Infant; and John F., Natural Father of Emily G., an Infant, Respondents Below, Appellees,

Emily G., an Infant, Appellant.

No. 24580.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted December 2, 1997.

Decided December 17, 1997.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Workman December 18, 1997.

Cathryn A. Nogay, Weirton, Guardian ad Litem, for Appellant.

Thomas D. Hagg, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Hancock County, Weirton, for Appellant State of West Virginia.

F. William…