D. M. v. State

OPINION

FITZGERALD, Justice.

Appellant is the natural mother of D. M., a boy of nine years. On petition of the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services (formerly Department of Health and Welfare), the trial court terminated appellant’s parental rights and responsibilities.1

At the hearings on the petition, the following facts were established.

D.M. was born in 1964 to the appellant and her first husband, a member of the armed services. Two other children in addition to D.M. were born earlier of the same parents. D.M.’s father left Alaska prior to the birth of D.M. and has not…