MATTER OF JPL

S-21-0018 S-21-0019.

493 P.3d 174 (2021)

2021 WY 94

In the MATTER OF the Termination of Parental Rights To: JPL, minor child, Jennifer Anne Hood, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, Ex Rel. Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner). In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights To: JPL, minor child, Gerald Leavitt, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, Ex Rel. Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant Jennifer Anne Hood: Brianne C. Phillips of Overstreet Homar & Kuker, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellant Gerald Leavitt: Deborah L. Roden of Woodhouse Roden Nethercott, LLC, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Bridget L. Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Misha Westby , Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Shawnna M. Lamb , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Kucera.

Guardian ad Litem: Joseph R. Belcher , Director, Wyoming Office of Guardian ad Litem; Kimberly Skoutary Johnson , Chief Trial and Appellate Counsel.

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


[¶1] Jennifer Hood (Mother) and Gerald Leavitt (Father) appeal the district court's order granting the Wyoming Department of Family Service's petition to terminate their parental rights under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-2-309(a)(iii) and (a)(v). We affirm the district court's ruling under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-2-309...

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