In re the Interest of A.M.W.

GARY M. GAERTNER, JR., Judge.

Introduction

This is a sad case of a young girl who became a mother at fifteen years of age, a *309child herself at the time, to a daughter, A.M.W. This young mother (Mother) inappropriately disciplined her daughter when the child was four, which brought the family to the attention of the Children’s Division. Four years later, Mother, now twenty-three years old and more mature, is facing the permanent loss of her daughter through the Circuit Court, Juvenile Division’s (juvenile court) involuntary termination of her parental rights. The termination is not due to a…