In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County, Juvenile Action No. JS-378

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge,

Division 1.

This appeal by the natural mother from an order of the Maricopa County Juvenile Court severing her parental rights to her minor children raises the issue of whether the Department of Public Welfare (now Department of Economic Security) has met its burden of proof so as to justify the termination of the parent-child relationship.

The background facts in this case are as follows: On November 18, 1971, a dependency petition was filed in Maricopa County Juvenile Court alleging that the three minor children of appellant mother were dependent and neglected…