MATTER OF B. E.

Nos. 12558, 12571.

287 N.W.2d 91 (1979)

In the Matter of B. E., B. L., and L. S. M., Alleged Dependent Children and Concerning B. M. and R. M.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Farrell of Willy, Pruitt, Matthews & Jorgensen, Sioux Falls, for appellant father, R. M.

Mary E. Leary of East River Legal Services, Sioux Falls, for appellant mother, B. M.; Peter Gregory of East River Legal Services, Sioux Falls, on brief.

Timothy J. McGreevy of Dana, Golden, Moore & Rasmussen, Sioux Falls, for respondent children.

Janice C. Godtland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for respondent State of South Dakota; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

These two appeals are from the adjudicatory and dispositional hearings in which B.E., B.L., and L.S.M. were adjudged to be dependent children and appellants' parental rights were terminated. These appeals question the constitutionality of certain statutes, assert violations of substantive due process rights, and allege various evidentiary errors. For clarity and convenience appellants will be referred to as mother and father. The...

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