Matter of Henderson

This is an appeal by the mother of a sixteen month old child from an order of the district court, Cascade County, declaring the child to be dependent and neglected and awarding permanent custody to the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Appellant Eileen Chambers is the seventeen year old unwed mother of Alan Barry Henderson, Jr. Alan Henderson, the father, is the mother’s first cousin.

On August 1, 1974, when the child was two weeks old, the parents voluntarily gave temporary custody to the Cascade County Department of Public Welfare. The child was returned to the mother on…