Hurd v. State (In re EMM)

FOX, Justice.

[¶1] Amber Lynn Marie Hurd (Mother) did not respond to the petition of the Department of Family Services (DFS) to terminate her parental rights within 20 days after service. Upon the application of DFS, the clerk of court entered default against Mother. Approximately four months after being served, Mother filed a motion to set aside the entry of default. Mother appeals the district court's denial of her motion. We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] We rephrase Mother's single issue as follows: Did the district court abuse its discretion when it determined that Mother had not shown good cause to…