Deveraux v. Brown

WADE, Justice.

Respondents urge a rehearing largely because they claim that the court in the original opinion overlooked the fact that the juvenile court cannot “absolutely and permanently deprive” a natural parent of the custody of his child. There are a number of sections of our statutes which provide in substance that any order of the juvenile court depriving a parent of the custody of his child may be revoked or modified and the custody and control of such child returned to the parent on a showing of changed conditions which require such return of custody in the interest of the child’s…