In re A.G. (Signed Opinion)
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The Supreme Court vacated the adjudicatory and dispositional orders of the circuit court in this termination of parental rights case, holding that the circuit court erred when it terminated Father's parental rights because Father did not receive proper notice of the hearing at which he was purportedly adjudicated.
The circuit court terminated Father's parental rights for allegedly abandoning his infant son. Father proposed two assignments of error claiming that he was denied an adjudicatory hearing for a determination whether the child had been abuse and/or neglected as alleged. The Supreme Court vacated the circuit court's order, holding (1) Father did not receive proper notice that the hearing at issue was an adjudicatory hearing from him, and without such notice, Father was not provided due process; and (2) without first holding an adjudicatory hearing, the circuit court could not lawfully proceed to disposition and termination of Father's parental rights.
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