People ex rel. L.D.

ROVIRA, Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the trial court terminating the parental relationship between M.D. and E.D., respondents, and their children L.D. and D.D.1 We affirm.

I

In April 1977, the Weld County Attorney’s Office filed a petition in the district court alleging that L.D., born October 3, 1970, and D.D., born November 28, 1974, were dependent or neglected. The petition stated that the children were not receiving proper care, that L.D. exhibited bruises which she claimed were inflicted by her mother, E.D., and that the children were left unsupervised for long periods of…