(DOWNLOAD) "In the Interest of M. G. F." by Court of Appeals of Georgia # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In the Interest of M. G. F.
- Author : Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Release Date : January 18, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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M. G. F.'s natural mother appeals from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights. She contends the court violated her due process rights by refusing to continue the termination hearing on the chance that she could attend. 1 The mother had been deported to her native Germany on September 9, 1994 and barred from re-entry for five years. The evidence presented at the parental rights termination hearing revealed that the mother was an habitual cocaine user who had been in and out of jail for prostitution, burglary, theft of services, and parole and probation violations. At M. G. F.'s birth 1993, both the mother and the child tested positive for cocaine. During the month M. G. F. was born, the mother's probation was revoked. M. F. G. was placed in foster care shortly after his birth and at the time of the hearing resided with relatives who wished to adopt him. The mother had not visited him in the two years prior to the hearing. The mother [222 GaApp Page 817] failed to meet any of the goals encompassed in a reunification plan formulated by the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (""DFCS""), which included requirements that she pay child support, remain drug and alcohol free, complete substance abuse treatment, regularly visit with the child, and provide a stable home.