IN MATTER OF S.S.

No. 13995.

334 N.W.2d 59 (1983)

In the Matter of S.S., T.D., D.D., and S.D., Alleged Dependent and Neglected Children.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max A. Gors of Gors & Braun, Pierre, for appellants mother and father.

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

Charles M. Thompson of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for appellee children.


DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of adjudication and a decree of disposition in which the parental rights of D.M.D. and L.J.D. (parents) were terminated. We affirm.

In February of 1979 a petition alleging dependence and neglect of S.S., T.D., D.D., and S.D. (children) was filed. The petition was dismissed when parents agreed to participate in alcohol abuse treatment plans and attempt to improve their marital relationship. One month later, in...

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