PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF D. K.

Nos. 11712, 11792.

245 N.W.2d 644 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the Interest of D. K., a child, and concerning W. L. and B. K.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Ruddell, Jr., Rapid City, Michael A. Wolff, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant B. K., Mother of D. K.

W. H. Engberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for respondent State of South Dakota; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


DUNN, Chief Justice (on reassignment).

These appeals arise from an order adjudicating D. K. to be a neglected and dependent child as defined by SDCL 26-8-6 and from a dispositional order which temporarily deprived the mother of the custody of her child based upon that adjudication. Finding the trial court's conclusion supported by a preponderance of the evidence, we affirm.

The difficulties experienced by this infant in his relatively short lifetime can be...

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