In the Interest of J.S.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

On March 9, 1987, the juvenile court terminated the parent-child relationship between B.F. (mother) and her daughter J.S., and between the parents B.F. and A.L.F. II and their two sons, A.L.F. Ill and J.L.F. We transferred this case to the court of appeals, which reversed the juvenile court’s decree. On further review, we now vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the decree of the juvenile court.

In July of 1984 the Department of Human Services (Department) became in volved with this family when twenty-three-month-old A.L.F. III was taken to an emergency room for…