In re Elizabeth S.
Annotate this CaseAfter the Department of Health and Human Services took custody of Child, Mother filed a motion to require the Department to accept her voluntary relinquishment of Child. The juvenile court subsequently entered an order terminating Mother's parental rights to Child. On the same date, the court entered an order overruling Mother's motion to require the Department to accept her relinquishment. Because the court had terminated Mother's parental rights, it found the relinquishment motion was moot. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) while the juvenile court should have ordered the Department to accept relinquishment of Mother's parental rights, the relinquishment was moot; and (2) the juvenile court did not err in terminating Mother's parental rights.
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