Legal Opinion
Reed v. Dillard
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 13, 1995No. Nos. 262, 276, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, Justice.
The opinion in this case dated October 27, 1994, which was released after argument before a panel of three justices and which affirmed the decision of the Family Court, is withdrawn. The following opinion of the Court en Banc is substituted.
In this appeal from the Family Court, we confront the vexing question of whether the best interest of a child who has been in the custody of putative adoptive parents since *21birth should prevail over the claim of her biological father to assert his parental rights. The Family Court concluded that the statutory threshold for terminating the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Michael H. v. Gerald D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Levitt v. BouvierSupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
- Matter of Baby M.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Interest of Kelly StevensSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995