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· 6/20/1980

Shover v. Department of Human Resources

Citations

  • 270 S.E.2d 462
  • 155 Ga. App. 38
  • 1980 Ga. App. LEXIS 2446

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  • reversing the termination of parental rights when the only evidence of parental misconduct or inability was the mother's poverty
  • reversing the termination of parental rights when the only evidence of parental misconduct or inability was the mother’s poverty
  • the State may. not intercede simply because the child’s lot is substandard and the mother has failed to live up to societal norms for productivity, morality, cleanliness and responsibility

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Judges: Birdsong, Deen, Sognier

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