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PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF P. M.

No. 12615.

299 N.W.2d 803 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the INTEREST OF P. M., a Child, and Concerning A. M., Mother, and R. J., Father.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wyman, Rapid City, for appellant child.

Mary Ellen McEldowney of Black Hills Legal Services, Inc., Rapid City, for appellee mother; Dennis C. Whetzal of Black Hills Legal Services, Inc., Rapid City, on brief.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

In February 1978, an amended petition alleging that P. M., then almost seven years old, was a dependent and neglected child was filed in Pennington County. The child's mother, A. M., appeared with counsel, and at the request of the State, counsel was appointed to represent the child. No appearance was made by the natural father, R. J.

From an order dismissing the petition, the child appealed...

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