MATTER OF L-MHB

S-19-0079.

454 P.3d 935 (2020)

2020 WY 1

In the MATTER OF the Termination of Parental Rights to: L-MHB, minor child, Denise Lynn Mets, f/k/a Denise Lynn Fenstermacher, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Tyler J. Garrett and Katie J. Koski , Hathaway & Kunz LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Koski.

Representing Appellee: Bridget Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Misha Westby , Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Wendy S. Ross , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Ross.

Guardians ad Litem: Dan Wilde , Deputy State Public Defender; Joseph R. Belcher , Chief Trial and Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Guardian ad Litem Program, a division of the Office of the State Public Defender. Appearance by Mr. Belcher.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and FOX, KAUTZ, BOOMGAARDEN, and GRAY, JJ.


[¶1] Denise Lynn Mets (Mother) appeals the district court order terminating her parental rights. A jury returned a verdict finding clear and convincing evidence for termination on two separate statutory grounds, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-2-309(a)(iii) (parental neglect of the child and reasonable efforts to rehabilitate the family...

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