Livingston v. V.L.D.

By the time she was 24 years old, the appellant mother had given birth to five children. All of the children were illegitimate. One was apparently legitimized by a subsequent marriage. Each of the children has a different father. In this action, upon a petition of the juvenile officer, the trial court terminated the parental rights of the fathers and the appellant in regard to two of those children. The mother appeals.

The appellant does not dispute the basic facts that brought the children within the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court. The following is a summary of that background.

The care…