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MATTER OF L. M. T.

No. 13187.

305 N.W.2d 399 (1981)

In the Matter of L. M. T., a Neglected and Dependent Child, and Concerning P. F. T. and S. T.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John D. Wagner, East River Legal Services, Brookings, for appellants P. F. T. and S. T.

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of disposition entered in a dependency and neglect action terminating the parental rights of S.T. (the mother) and P.F.T. (the father) in L.M.T., one of their minor children. We affirm.

This case originated from a tragic event that occurred on March 18, 1979, when the father picked up L.M.T., who was then two months old, and threw her onto the floor. This act ostensibly occurred because L.M.T. was crying and because...

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