In Re the Custody & Parental Rights of M.A.D.

¶1 Appellant, D.D., natural mother of M.A.D. and C.D., appeals the District Court’s Orders of January 29, 2002, and February 15, 2002, terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion in terminating D.D.’s parental rights.

Background

¶3 In March 2000, D.D. was cited for endangering the welfare of her children. Police, in search of a juvenile offender with a serious criminal record, entered D.D.’s home where they found one child chewing on a cigarette and the other child eating nutshells off the floor. The children…