In re Y. B.

This appeal is brought by the mother of Y. B., a seven-year-old girl, from the disposition order of the Washington District Court sitting as a juvenile court. The court found Y. B. to be a child in need of care and supervision, 33 Y.S.A. § 654, and transferred legal custody over her to the Commissioner of Social and Rehabilitation Services [SRS]. Id. § 656. On appeal, appellant claims that the standard of proof necessary for separating a child from its parents, set out in In re N. H. (Juvenile), 135 Vt. 230, 237, 373 A.2d 851, 857 (1977), was not met in this case.

On October 16,1981, after an…