MATTER OF R. H.

Nos. 13115, 13116.

300 N.W.2d 271 (1981)

In the Matter of R.H., L.H., S.H., S.H., E.H., and F.H., alleged dependent children.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael A. Lyons of Doyle, Mahoney & Lyons, Sioux Falls, for appellant mother K. H. D.

Sidney B. Strange of Strange & Strange, Sioux Falls, for appellant father B. H.

Richard Johnson, Sioux Falls, for alleged dependent children.


DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision terminating appellants' parental rights to their six children, R.H., L.H., S.H., S.H., E.H., and F.H. Appellants will be referred to as B.H., the father, and K.H.D., the mother. We affirm in part, and reverse in part.

B.H. and K.H.D. were divorced in March of 1976. Six children were born to this union. Initially, the children were placed in the custody of K.H.D. The care which these children received while in...

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