DeGroot v. Hall

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This case is before us on Writ of Error to a “Decree of Termination” rendered by default September 9, 1974, whereby the parent-child relationship between Garry Joseph DeGroot and his two children Garry Nicholas and Erick Michael was terminated.

On July 15,1974 Robert Hall, husband of the children’s mother, filed petition to terminate the parental rights between Garry Joseph DeGroot and his two children Garry Nicholas and Erick Michael. The petition alleged there was no court ordered relationships affecting the children, and that the father had failed to support…