Black v. Gray

MOORE, Justice.

Jeffrey L. Black 1 appeals a ruling of the Family Court terminating his parental rights in his seven year old daughter, Tiffany. For the first time we consider the scope of the grounds for termination of such rights under 13 Del.C. § 1103 (1981), where a parent has abandoned a child in the past, but thereafter, and before the filing of a termination petition, attempts in good faith to exercise his parental responsibilities. In the face of a pending petition by the father for visitation rights with Tiffany, the mother, Cindy M. Gray, petitioned to terminate the father’s rights…