Legal Opinion

People in Interest of MK

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1991No. 16943PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WUEST, Justice.

J.K., mother of M.K., appeals the judgment of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to M.K.1 We affirm.

J.K. (Mother) is a developmentally delayed adult, twenty-one years of age, with an I.Q. of 68. She is borderline mentally retarded and is socially retarded. In early 1987, Mother conceived M.K., the child at issue in this appeal. In August 1987, the Department of Social Services (Social Services) received a referral that Mother needed assistance in deciding whether to parent her expected child or place the child for adoption. Mother elected to parent the baby and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HobelsbergerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
  2. In re the Termination of Parental Rights over D.H.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  3. In re R. Z. F.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Weaver v. BoortzSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Cooper v. CooperSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People in Interest of HMSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  2. In re the Alleged Dependent & Neglected Status of Z.Z.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Matter of ZZSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  4. People in Interest of HMSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  5. People in Interest of MKSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991

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