SAMPSON v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES

No. 337,2004.

868 A.2d 832 (2005)

Danielle SAMPSON, Respondent Below, Appellant, v. DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES and Court Appointed Special Advocate, Petitioners Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glynis Gibson, Esquire, of Gibson & Nowak, LLP, Dover; Delaware; for Appellant.

Peter S. Feliceangeli and Lorin M. Hochman, Esquires, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware; for Appellee.

Mitchell W. May, Esquire, of Street & Ellis, P.A., Dover, Delaware; Court Appointed Special Advocate.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.


JACOBS, Justice.

The respondent-below appellant, Danielle Sampson, appeals from an order of the Family Court terminating her parental rights in her biological child, Samuel L. Sampson. Sampson argues that the statute under which her parental rights were terminated is unconstitutional because it deprived her of her constitutional right to due process. That statute, 13 Del. C. § 1103(a)(6), provides in essence that...

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