Legal Opinion
Matter of SCE
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided September 20, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
378 A.2d 144 (1977)
In the Matter of S. C. E.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.
Submitted August 24, 1977.
Decided September 20, 1977.
Robert K. Beste, Jr., of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, for petitioners.
HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.
A Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian for S.C.E. was presented to the Court.
The Petition recited that it was filed in order to obtain the Court's approval for an operation which would have the effect of sterilizing S.C.E. Testimony and the affidavits of two doctors clearly show that S.C.E., who is 13 years old, is severely mentally retarded. She has a…
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