State ex rel. J.W.

hWALTZER, Judge.

The mother of four children found in need of care and placed with a qualified foster parent appeals the judgment of the trial court. The trial court granted the state’s motion to remove these children from the mother’s custody and place them in foster care after the mother’s live in boyfriend beat, with the mother’s knowledge, the youngest child to death.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE CASE

On 16 October 1998, R.C., the two year old and youngest child of P.C., was brought to the hospital after emergency help was summoned through 911 operators. She subsequently died of…