In the Interest of M.Z.

DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

K.Z. is the mother of four children; two sons, B.Z. and N.Z., and two daughters, A.Z. and M.Z. The two boys were earlier adjudicated to be in need of assistance and now live with their father. One daughter, A.Z., was placed for adoption by the mother because the mother had no place to stay and was living in an abandoned house. M.Z. is the subject of this action.

M.Z. was born on December 4, 1989. Two and a half months later, K.Z. called a Bethany Homes worker and requested that M.Z. be placed in foster care for the purpose of having M.Z. adopted. A week later, K.Z.…