In re State

WADE, Chief Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. B-, petitioners in the juvenile court, appeal from the decision of that court refusing to allow a hearing of their petition for the custody of eight minor children. The appellants are the father and mother of six of the children, and Mrs. B- is the mother of the two older children who were born to her by previous marriages.

On account of excessive drinking by the appellants, on June 20, 1959, the juvenile court made an order declaring all of the children neglected and placed them within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under the protective supervision of…