(DOWNLOAD) "In re Woodard" by Supreme Court of Kansas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In re Woodard
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Steve Woodard appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion to set aside a prior order of the court which severed his parental rights to his illegitimate daughter, Eva Woodard. In the original severance proceeding the only service upon appellant, a California resident, was by publication notice in The Garden City Telegram. When Woodard learned, some ten months later, that his parental rights to Eva had been severed, he took immediate steps to set aside the order of severance. His motion was denied by the district magistrate judge for failure to take a timely appeal and that ruling was upheld upon appeal by the district judge. Eva Woodard was born August 26, 1978, in Ukiah, California, the daughter of Caroline Pickett and Steve Woodard. Although Caroline and Steve had lived together for a considerable length of time, they were never legally married. Sometime after the birth of Eva, Caroline and the baby departed from California without informing Woodard and he evidently had no knowledge of their subsequent whereabouts. In the spring and summer of 1979, Caroline and Eva were in Garden City, Kansas, where Eva was left in the care of a day-care provider on several occasions. Caroline was quite negligent about returning to pick up the baby and on one occasion left the baby with Mrs. Nowak, the day-care provider, for nearly five weeks without checking on the child. Mrs. Nowak eventually became concerned about the neglect of the child and on August 15, 1979, contacted the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). After an investigation by an SRS social worker, and after interviewing Caroline, SRS [231 Kan. 546]