IN RE KMO

No. S-11-0224.

280 P.3d 1203 (2012)

2012 WY 99

In the matter of the Termination of Parental Rights to KMO, DMO, CMO, AKO, DKO, MTO, ABO, EEO, and JBO, Minor Children. HJO, aka HJK, Appellant (Respondent), v. The State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Donald Lee Tolin of Law Offices of Donald Tolin, Casper, WY.

Representing Appellee: Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley , Deputy Attorney General; and Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Kucera .

Guardian ad Litem: Cynthia K. Sweet , Casper, WY.

Before KITE, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.


HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] HJO (Mother), the biological mother of nine minor children, appeals the district court's order following a jury verdict terminating her parental rights. Mother contests the sufficiency of the evidence presented by the State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services (DFS) to terminate her parental rights, the appropriateness of the special verdict form submitted to the jury, the constitutionality of the termination statute which sets out the...

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