Court Opinion

ID: 9577264
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:33:31.501748+00
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*220Upon Petition for Rehearing
On May 24,1974, the following opinion was filed:
We are persuaded by the guardian ad litem and attorney for subject children that the proceedings on remand originally ordered by this court should be enlarged to permit the Juvenile Division of Hennepin County District Court to determine whether the best interests of the children would be served by placing the physical custody in the mother, the father, or in a foster home.
Although we adhere to the firm view that the present record does not demonstrate that the father is rehabilitated, it may be that a reopening of the proceedings and the taking of additional evidence may show sufficient change in the past approximately year and one-half to warrant consideration of the father as a custodian, with due regard to the well-being of these children. Charges by counsel for appellant mother that the father has continued a course of disobedience to orders of the district court may at the same time be evaluated. The guardian ad litem suggests, with merit, that testimony be taken with respect to the present plans of the mother, the father, and the children themselves. We do not undertake to direct how the district court shall proceed, except to express reservation, under the circumstances of this case, with respect to the imposition of a bond as a condition of an award of custody to the mother in the absence of a full statement of the reasons which might impel the court to do so.
Our remand being so amended, the petition for rehearing is denied.
Mr. Justice Scott took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.