PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF H.M.

Nos. 17096, 17145.

474 N.W.2d 267 (1991)

PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the Interest of H.M. and S.M., Minor Children, and Concerning D.M., P.M., and the Department of Social Services.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Joan P. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee.

William E. Anderson, Belle Fourche, for H.M. and S.M.

William A. Delaney III, Deadwood, for D.M.

Randall L. Macy, Belle Fourche, for P.M.


WUEST, Justice.

D.M. (Father) and P.M. (Mother) were married in December 1983 after the birth of their first daughter, H.M. The couple had a second daughter, S.M., born in August 1985. Their marriage was marked by repeated separations and reconciliations and, generally, was unstable.

In August 1987, Mother became ill and left the family home to live in the home of her boyfriend's parents. Father and the two girls continued to live in the family home until...

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