In the Interest of Betty J.W.

MILLER, Justice:

Mary W. 1 appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Mingo County which terminated her parental rights to her five minor children. She first assigns as error the legal insufficiency of the child abuse petition. She also contends the trial court erred in denying a statutory improvement period, in failing to adopt the least restrictive alternative appropriate to the circumstances, and in relying on her status as a victim of domestic violence as a basis for the termination of parental rights.

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Mary W. and her husband, J.B.W., 2 are the natural parents of five minor…