MATTER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF P.A.M.

No. 18147-r.

505 N.W.2d 395 (1993)

In the Matter of the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF P.A.M.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Swedlund of Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell and Nelson, Rapid City, for appellant, P.A.M., Father.

Anthony E. Crawford, Rapid City, for appellee, D.M.M., Mother.


WUEST, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment terminating P.A.M.'s parental rights to his daughter. We reverse.

FACTS

A.E.M. was born on August 30, 1989. During the marriage of her parents, P.A.M. (hereinafter Father) abused Mother both physically and mentally. Mother obtained a divorce on May 15, 1991, but the threats and abusive conduct continued. On November 18, 1991, Father was arrested after breaking into Mother's home; he is currently serving...

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