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IN RE E.R.C.K.

No. S-13-0091.

314 P.3d 1170 (2013)

2013 WY 160

In the Matter of the Termination of the Parental Rights to E.R.C.K., Minor Child, V.L.K, Appellant (Natural Mother), v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Peggy A. Trent , Trent Law Office, LLC, Laramie, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Interim Wyoming Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley , Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Shawnna M. Herron , Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Herron.

Guardian ad Litem: Dan S. Wilde , Deputy Public Defender and Program Administrator; Aaron S. Hockman , Guardian ad Litem and Permanency Attorney, Wyoming Guardians ad Litem Program. Argument by Mr. Hockman.

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

DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Department of Family Services sought to terminate V.L.K.'s parental rights to her son, E.R.C.K., after its efforts to reunify the family in neglect proceedings were unsuccessful. V.L.K. failed to answer the Department's petition, and default was entered. She was subsequently appointed counsel. The district court declined to set aside the default when asked to do so. During the course of the default termination hearing, V.L.K. decided...

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