People in Interest of BJD

SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal by B.D. from a decree terminating her parental rights relative to B.J.D., her daughter. We order the decree set aside.

B.D. is the natural mother of B.J.D., who was born on May 7, 1974. On March 18, 1975, B.D. voluntarily placed the child with the El Paso County Department of Social Services because she was concerned that K.D., the natural father, would physically abuse the child.

In July 1975, B.D. was placed in the Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo following a suicide attempt. B.D. was, at that time, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, and this illness in…