MATTER OF GAC

No. S-16-0212.

396 P.3d 411 (2017)

2017 WY 65

In the MATTER OF the Termination of Parental Rights to: GAC, A Minor Child. Krystal Kaylynn Cave, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Timothy C. Cotton of Cotton Legal, Casper, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General; Misha Westby , Deputy Attorney General; Wendy S. Ross , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jill Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Ross.

Guardian ad Litem: Dan S. Wilde , Deputy State Public Defender; Aaron Hockman , Chief Trial and Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Guardian ad Litem Program. Argument by Mr. Hockman.

Before BURKE, C.J., and HILL, DAVIS, FOX, and KAUTZ, JJ.


[¶ 1] A jury found that Appellee Department of Family Services (DFS) had proven two statutory grounds for termination of Appellant Krystal Kaylynn Cave's (Mother) parental rights to GAC (Child). On appeal, Mother claims the district court erred by allowing: 1) the guardian ad litem (GAL) to actively participate in the termination...

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