PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF M.S.

Nos. 26798, 26801, 26799, 26800.

845 N.W.2d 366 (2014)

2014 S.D. 17

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota IN the INTEREST OF M.S. and K.S., Minor Children, and Concerning N.S. and M.S., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Ann Holzhauser , Special Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for petitioner and appellee, State of South Dakota.

Julie Hofer , Minnehaha County Office, of the Public Advocate, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellant Father M.S., #26799 & #26801.

Margaret V. Gillespie , Gubbrud, Haugland & Gillespie, Prof. L.L.C., Alcester, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellant Mother N.S., #26798 & # 26800.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] N.S. (Mother), age twenty-seven, and M.S. (Father), age twenty-six, appeal the circuit court's termination of their parental rights to their biological children — M.S. (daughter), age two, and K.S. (son), age one (collectively, "children").

Background

[¶ 2.] Mother has four children.1 Each has seen interventions by the Department of Social Services (DSS). DSS's investigation...

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