In the Interest of Welcher

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Derrick Welcher, born August 20, 1972 was adjudicated a neglected and dependent child by order entered February 18, 1975. See § 232.2(14)(b), (d), The Code, 1975, amended Acts 66 G.A., Ch. 142 § 2(13)(f), (h). He was removed from the custody of his 25-year-old mother, LeAnn, and placed in a foster home. Her appeal was dismissed as untimely filed. June 4,1975 LeAnn filed a petition for review which eventually was heard October 17, 1975. The magistrate, functioning as juvenile court, refused to return Derrick to LeAnn’s custody, continued the matter for an indefinite period…