Hennepin County Welfare Department v. Staat

Nelson, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order terminating the parental rights of Jerry Staat, father of Joseph and Paul Staat. The only question before this court is whether the evidence sustains the trial court’s findings upon which the order was issued pursuant to Minn. St. 260.221(b) (1, 3).

The matter came on for hearing October 1, October 13,- and October 31, 1969, in Hennepin County District Court — Juvenile Division — before the Honorable Lindsay G. Arthur, on the Hen-nepin County Welfare Department’s petition to terminate the parental rights of Cynthia M. Staat, mother, and Jerry Lee…