In re J. J.

The three juveniles subject to this appeal, J. J., H. J., and L. J., were adjudged children in need of care and supervision and committed to the custody of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services [SRS] on May 1, 1975. The children have remained in state custody from that date to the present.

The disposition order of May 1, 1975, preserved the parents’ residual rights. On January 29,1981, the State, pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 659(a), filed a motion to sever those rights. The motion prayed for a transfer of custody of the children to SRS without limitation as to adoption. The mother of…