Legal Opinion
In the Interest of M. S.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 21, 1986No. 70986, 70987PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the juvenile court’s order terminating the appellants’ parental rights in regard to their three children (M. S., age 8; S. S., age 7; A. A. S., age 4) pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-51 (a) (2). They enumerate as error the procedure used by the juvenile court in the taking of testimony from the oldest child, M. S., contending that the procedure violated the due-process clause and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The procedure utilized to elicit the testimony of M. S. is as follows: “The interview facilities for the taking of the…
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