In Re Lacey P.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case involves the appeal of Tauna P., the mother of the above captioned children, from the June 12, 1992, order of the Circuit Court of Wood County which terminated her parental rights, placed the children into protective custody, including her unborn child, and ordered that the Department of Health and Human Services assist the appellant in being surgically sterilized.

The appellant/mother is approximately twenty-three years old. She has five children and has never been married. The children’s ages range from approximately six years to one year. On October 4, 1991,…