Department of Human Services v. S. C. P.

Mother appeals, challenging the juvenile court’s denial of her motion to set aside her relinquishments of parental rights to her two children.1 She contends that she signed the relinquishments under duress and that the juvenile court erred when it denied her motion, failed to appoint new counsel, and did not allow mother to present testimony-on the issue of duress. We do not reach the merits of mother’s motion to set aside the relinquishments because we conclude that the court’s findings in support of its denial of the motion were based, in large part, on testimony by mother provided to the…