MATTER OF A.M.L.

No. 14731.

371 N.W.2d 358 (1985)

In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights Over A.M.L. and Concerning Her Father, G.G.L.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rexford Hagg of Whiting, Hagg & Hagg, Rapid City, for appellee, A.M.L.

Steven D. Rich of Wilson, Olson, Goodsell & Nash, P.C., Rapid City, for appellant, G.G.L.

Janice C. Godtland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee State of S.D.; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

An order of adjudication found A.M.L., the daughter of G.G.L., to be a dependent and neglected child. This was followed by a decree of disposition in which parental rights of the father, G.G.L., were terminated. We affirm.

L.M.L., A.M.L.'s mother, commenced a divorce action against G.G.L. in February of 1983. The court then ordered G.G.L. to restrain from harassing or interfering with L.M.L. and H.T., A.M.L.'s grandmother. The showing...

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