In Re the Welfare of M.D.O.

Decided 1990-11-02

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OPINION POPOVICH, Chief Justice. After Janet Ostlund was convicted of the second-degree murder of her adopted daughter, Maria, the Hennepin County Bureau of Social Services petitioned to terminate parental rights between Janet Ostlund and M.D.O., Ostlund’s biological child born after the death of the adopted daughter. The trial court dismissed the petiti…

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