In the Interest of Sjj

KITE, Justice.

[T1] In 2001, the Department of Family Services (DFS) took SJJ and ERJ, II, ages seven and six, from the home of their paternal grandmother where they had beén living since 1996 and placed them in protective custody. Just over a year later, DFS filed a petition for termination of parental rights against the mother, SLJ, and the father, ERJ. After a three day trial, the district court determined that SLJ's parental rights 1 should be terminated pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-2-809(a)(1) (LexisNexis 2008), authorizing termination where a child has been left in the care of…