Legal Opinion
In Re One Minor Child
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 28, 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNEILLY, Justice:
In July, 1974, the appellee, then a Delaware resident, filed a petition in the Superi- or Court seeking to terminate the parental rights of the appellant, a Texas resident. The appellant was not personally served with process. Substitute service was attempted by publication and certified mail pursuant to 13 Del.C. § 1107(b). Without any appearance by the appellant, his parental rights were terminated by order in May, 1975.
Upon discovering that his parental rights had been terminated, the appellant instituted this action by filing a motion to vacate the termination order,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Andrew Leo Oksanen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Phillip H. Mann v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Howard Mark Sandler v. Curtis W. Tarr, National Director of Selective ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Sandler v. TarrDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
3Cited by4 opinions
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