IN RE GUARDIANSHIP FOR T.H.M.

No. 21635.

640 N.W.2d 68 (2002)

2002 SD 13

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP FOR T.H.M. and M.M.M., Minor Children.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 30, 2002.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy J. Steffen of Johnson, Eklund, Nicholson, Peterson & Fox, Gregory, for appellee, children.

Stanley E. Whiting, Winner, for appellee, grandmother.

Neil Carsrud, Dakota Plains Legal Services, Mission, for appellant, mother.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Melanie Regalado (Grandmother) brought Guardianship proceedings to gain custody of T.H.M. and M.M.M., minor children of Ardith Perry (Mother), on grounds of abuse and neglect. The trial court determined the children to be abused and neglected, determined Mother to be unfit, terminated Mother's custodial rights, and granted custody to Grandmother. Mother appeals on grounds that the guardianship proceeding was not the proper means...

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