MATTER OF S.W.

Nos. 16038, 16044.

428 N.W.2d 521 (1988)

In the Matter of the Alleged Dependent and Neglected Status of S.W., J.B., M.B., B.B., and R.B.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael J. Butler, Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, for appellant Mother.

Scott E. Kading, Sioux Falls, for appellant Father.

Steven G. Haugaard of Hunt, Haugaard & Rahn, Sioux Falls, for Children.


MORGAN, Justice.

On February 23, 1987, the State of South Dakota (State), filed a complaint alleging that I.S.'s (mother) five children were dependent and neglected. At the adjudicatory hearings on May 8 and May 15, 1987, the trial court declared S.W. (dob 12/16/74), J.B. (dob 10/12/76), M.B. (dob 1/10/78), B.B. (dob 3/23/79), and R.B. (dob 3/9/81) (collectively the children) to be dependent children within the meaning of SDCL 26-8-6.1

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