Legal Opinion
Matter of Five Minor Children
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 24, 1979PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUILLEN, Justice:
This case involves an appeal from a Superior Court order terminating the parental rights of the respondents. .
Respondents contend that, by application of due process standards, 13 Del.C. § 1103(4), the statute making unfitness a ground for termination of parental rights, 1 is unconstitutionally vague, indefinite and overbroad. This same issue was raised in the case of In re Dingee, Del.Supr., 328 A.2d 139 (1974). The Court found that the words “not fitted” had sufficient common usage and dictionary meaning so that § 1103(4) was not unconstitutional for vagueness. As to…
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