State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. Minjares

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

The trial court entered judgment that the parental rights of Elodia Minjares be forever terminated with a minor child and that its legal custody be placed with the Department of Human Services (DHS) for purposes of adoption of the child, with physical custody to remain in foster parents pending adoption. Elodia appeals. We reverse.

The trial court found:

On May 9, 1975, a 10 month old child, having been born June 17, 1974, was removed from Elodia’s home because this child and another had been left alone. On May 13, 1975, the child was placed in the home of a family and has…