PEOPLE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 23209.

691 N.W.2d 586 (2004)

2004 SD 131

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota, ex rel SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES In the Interests of J.G.R., a Minor Child, and Concerning M.R. and C.R., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Ann M. Holzhauser, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee State of South Dakota.

Marty J. Jackley and Jason Smiley, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant C.R.

Donald E. Covey, Winner, South Dakota, Attorney for minor child J.G.R.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] C.R. (mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On April 25, 2002, mother took the day off from her employment in Winner, South Dakota. Her daughter, J.G.R., age eight, had been expelled from school. In an apparent effort to leave her with some other caretaker, mother had the child pack a suitcase. They traveled to Hot Springs,...

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