Dorothy v. B.L.R.

MESCHKE, Justice.

B.L.R. appealed from a judgment terminating her parental rights to M.M.S. We determine that her appeal was timely with the aid of an extension by the juvenile court, and we affirm.

B.L.R. was admitted to the psychiatric ward of a Bismarck hospital on June 1, 1987. She gave birth to M.M.S. on June 6, 1987. An emergency order of the juvenile court placed temporary custody of M.M.S. with Burleigh County Social Services. Social Services petitioned for termination of parental rights to M.M.S. B.L.R., represented by counsel, resisted. After several delays, the termination hearing…