In re C.L.A.

THE HONORABLE THOMAS M. McKITTRICK, District Judge,

sitting for MR. JUSTICE GULBRANDSON, delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Natural parents, Richard and Judy Allmer, appeal from an order of the Yellowstone County District Court finding their minor children, five-year-old C.L.A. and three-year-old J.A., “youths in need of care,” and terminating the parents’ rights in the children. On July 15, 1981, the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services took possession of the children pursuant to a trial court order for temporary investigative authority, authorized under Section 41-3-402, MCA. On…