In re the Neglect of P.L.H.

WUEST, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the mother from a judgment terminating her custody to three small children and awarding permanent custody to the Division of Child Welfare for the purpose of placing them for adoption. The oldest child was bom before her marriage to the father of the younger children. She was married January 8, 1968, and lived with her husband until November 1969, when she commenced divorce proceedings. However, they did live together periodically until May 29, 1970. Most of the domestic difficulties *565occurred as a result of the father's excessive use of alcoholic…