PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF S.M.M.

Nos. 14289, 14297.

349 N.W.2d 63 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the Interest of S.M.M., J.A.M., and S.A.M., Minor Children, and Concerning M.M., C.M., and South Dakota Department of Social Services.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William E. Anderson, Belle Fourche, for Minor Children.

Bruce A. Hubbard and Dale R. Hansen of Morrill, Hansen, Hubbard & Brown, Sturgis, for appellant-respondent Father.

Bryce Flint, Sturgis, for respondent Mother.


FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

M.M. (father) and C.M. (mother) appeal from an order terminating the parental rights of both in their minor children, S.M.M., J.A.M. and S.A.M. We affirm.

The parents were married in May 1977. S.M.M. was born November 8, 1977, and the twins J.A.M. and S.A.M. were born prematurely on March 4, 1980. During their first year both twins suffered respiratory difficulties and J.A.M. underwent heart...

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