IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF COPENHAVER

No. 20312.

865 P.2d 979 (1993)

124 Idaho 888

In re the GUARDIANSHIP OF: Kristopher COPENHAVER and Lindsee Nelson, Minor Children, Donald IRWIN and Kay Irwin, husband and wife, Petitioners-Respondents, v. Sue CELEYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, September 1993 Term.

December 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Idaho Legal Aid Services, Caldwell, for appellant. Jeannine C. Ferguson, argued.

Stephen W. Drescher, Nampa, for respondents.


TROUT, Justice.

NATURE OF THE CASE

This is a guardianship case brought pursuant to I.C. § 15-5-207. The magistrate ruled that the appellant's parental rights, as the natural mother, were "suspended by circumstance." He granted the petition for guardianship and issued letters of permanent guardianship to the respondents, who are unrelated to the minor children. The district court, sitting in its appellate capacity, affirmed the magistrate's decision...

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