In re P.R.
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court concluding that Mother's voluntary relinquishment of her child under Kan. Stat. Ann. 38-2268 was a legally authorized adjudication of Mother's parental rights, holding that Mother's relinquishment of parental rights was effective to terminate her parental rights.
One of the primary issues on appeal was whether formal written acceptance by the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) is required in order for a parent's relinquishment of parental rights to DCF to be valid. The Supreme Court held (1) there was substantial, competence evidence to support a finding that Mother's relinquishment of parental rights to her child was valid, knowingly made, and effective to terminate her parental rights; and (2) Mother was afforded the procedural due process to which she was entitled.
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