Matter of Welfare of Mullins

298 N.W.2d 56 (1980)

In the Matter of the WELFARE of Carl Otis MULLINS.

No. 50185.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 12, 1980.

Arthur J. Erickson, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Kuduk & Walling and Wright S. Walling, Janet L. Englund, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a petition for a finding of dependency or neglect filed in the Hennepin County District Court by appellants Earl and Anne Krolick on behalf of their foster child, Carl Otis Mullins, against that child's natural father, respondent Carl E.…