MATTER OF C.M.

Nos. 15495, 15501 and 15502.

417 N.W.2d 887 (1988)

In the Matter of C.M. and M.N., Alleged Dependent Children.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Gregory of Gregory Law Firm, P.C., Sioux Falls, for appellant Mother, R.N.

Thomas J. Farrell of Pruitt, Matthews & Muilenburg, Sioux Falls, for appellant Father, D.N.

Patricia C. Riepel of Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office, Sioux Falls, for appellants Children, C.M. and M.N.

Janice Godtland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee State; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


HENDERSON, Justice.

Mother, Father, and children, C.M. and M.N., contend the circuit court erroneously terminated parental rights. We affirm.

From May 1980 to March 1984, the N. family experienced difficulty in maintaining a clean home and children, and properly supervising children. Mother was also an alcoholic. At one time, the children were found alone in a parking lot whereupon the police brought the boys to the Children's Inn. Earlier, on at least three...

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