In re P. S. C.

Smith, Judge.

The issues presented here are whether a juvenile court judge, having issued an order terminating parental rights, has authority to grant a rehearing on the matter, and, if so, whether the rehearing was properly granted by an ex parte order in this case. We conclude both in the affirmative, and reverse a later judgment which vacated the order granting rehearing.

The appellants, parents of two minor children, had their parental rights in those children permanently terminated following a hearing in the Madison County Juvenile Court. The court’s order, dated May 7, 1976, awarded…