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In re Willis

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 11, 1973No. 13379PublishedCited by 201 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Haden, Justice:

This is an appeal by John and Rosetta Willis, husband and wife, from a judgment of the Juvenile Court of Fayette County of November 22, 1972 which, upon a finding of neglect terminated their parental rights in their infant child, Ronald Lee Willis, and awarded the legal custody of the child to the West Virginia Department of Welfare, with full power and authority in the department to consent to his adoption.

*227The State first commenced action in this case on December 23, 1968 upon the filing of an unsworn petition by Regina Hardin, a social worker with the welfare department,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by201 opinions

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  2. Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. In Re: Timber M. & Reuben M.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013
  4. In Re Jeffrey R.L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
  5. In Re Christina L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1995

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