MATTER OF S.W.

No. 15190.

398 N.W.2d 136 (1986)

In the Matter of S.W., V.W., and L.W., Alleged Dependent and Neglected Children and Concerning D.W., Mother.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James D. Taylor of Tinan, Padrnos, Smith & Taylor, Mitchell, for S.B.W., V.L.W., and L.M.W., Alleged Dependent Children.

Tim D. Tucker of Morgan, Fuller, Theeler & Cogley, Mitchell, for appellant Mother.


TALBOTT, Circuit Judge.

D.W. (Mother), appeals from an order terminating her parental rights over S.W., V.W., and L.W. (children). We affirm. The natural father's parental rights were terminated by publication pursuant to SDCL 26-8-16. He is not a party in this appeal.

Mother is forty-six years old and has three children ranging from ages seven to fourteen. She has an I.Q. ranging between sixty-three and sixty-six. Different aspects of her development have...

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