MATTER OF LCB

S-22-0212.

525 P.3d 1030 (2023)

2023 WY 23

In the MATTER OF the Termination of Parental Rights to: LCB, minor child, Sheena Marie Gipson, Appellant (Respondent), v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Robert Piper * and Erik Oblasser , Corthell and King Law Office, P.C., Laramie, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Bridget Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Christina F. McCabe , Senior Assistant Attorney General.

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

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


[¶1] The Department of Family Services (DFS) brought an action to terminate the parental rights of Sheena Marie Gipson (Mother) to her son. After failing to make a timely demand for a jury trial pursuant to W.R.C.P. 38 (Rule 38), Mother requested that the district court exercise its discretion and grant a jury trial pursuant...

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