State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. Natural Mother

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

The natural mother (mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights to her four children pursuant to § 40-7-4, N.M.S. A.1978 (Supp.1980). We reverse.

The mother and natural father (father) have four children. In 1977, HSD investigated this couple after receiving a report of possible neglect of the three older children. The mother was pregnant with the fourth child.

A doctor examined the three children and found them to be thin, possibly malnourished. He also thought that the two older children were hyperactive.

At that time, the father was unemployed and had a drinking…