Court Opinion

ID: 9731890
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:00:52.29063+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:21.771243
License: Public Domain

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP dissenting: I would reverse that portion of the order of the trial court authorizing adoption upon the consent of the Department. The recurring theme found in this record is the “immaturity” of the parents. Human experience is that immaturity usually evolves into a degree of maturity with the passage of time. The record shows that the physical care of the children by the parents was adequate when supervised. The record does not show literal abandonment of the children by the parents or express parental desire to surrender their parental rights. To deprive persons permanently of all parental claim appears harsh and excessive upon the circumstances before us. Although, the patience of the court may be sorely taxed, in the absence of imperative facts shown to the contrary, I would preserve the statutory rights of the parents to seek restoration of the children.