State v. R.D.S. (In re J.S.)

BRASH, J.1

¶ 1 R.D.S. appeals an order of the trial court terminating her parental rights of J.S., as well as an order denying her postdispositional motion to withdraw her no contest plea. In that motion and in this appeal, R.D.S. argues that she should be permitted to withdraw her no contest plea due to her cognitive disabilities for which she had previously been deemed to be incompetent. Thus, she argues that her plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.

¶ 2 The trial court held an evidentiary hearing on R.D.S.'s postdispositional motion, but ultimately denied her motion to withdraw…