In Re Dingee

This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court terminating the respondent’s parental rights in his son on the ground of unfitness.

By prior decision, this Court stayed proceedings on the merits, with leave to the petitioner to seek the status of legal guardian, since the child was born in wedlock and the mother had no standing under the then existing statute to petition for termination of parental rights of the father. See Del., 316 A.2d 555 *

Thereafter, the Court of Chancery appointed the petitioner as guardian of said child which thereby gave her standing to petition for the…