In Re the Guardianship & Conservatorship for T.H.M.

[¶ 21.] This is a case where, had it not been for a loving grandmother, two children might not have survived; certainly, they would not be in the safe and healthy place they are today. These children endured almost unimaginable misery. Addiction, disease, suicide, filth, and abuse— that was their portion. In desperation, the grandmother several times sought help for them from the South Dakota Department of Social Services. In the end, the Department declined to proceed. Then the grandmother sought guardianship. The matter went to trial. Finding the mother unfit and the children abused and…