Reyer v. Harrison Cty. Dept. of Public Welfare

404 So.2d 1023 (1981)

Mary Elizabeth REYER

v.

HARRISON COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

No. 52751.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 30, 1981.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1981.

Cecil Burton Jones, Jr., Stanley L. Taylor, Jr., Biloxi, for appellant.

James E. Welch, Waynesboro, Donald G. Barlow, Barlow & Jones, Joe Gentile, Robert Jenkins, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J. and SUGG and BROOM, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

The Harrison County Department of Public Welfare filed a petition to terminate parental rights under section 93-15-1[1] Mississippi Code Annotated (1972) which…