People Ex Rel. South Dakota Department of Social Services

KONENKAMP, Justice.

£¶ 1.] C.R. (mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On April 25, 2002, mother took the day off from her employment in Winner, South. Dakota. Her daughter, J.G.R., age eight, had been expelled from school. *588In an apparent effort to leave her with some other, caretaker, mother had the child pack a suitcase. They traveled to Hot Springs, South Dakota. At the Fall River Feedlot, mother dropped off the child and drove away. Carrying her suitcase, J.G.R. walked into the office by herself and sat down. After half an hour, an office employee…