State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Hayworth

This appeal is from an order terminating appellant’s rights as a parent with respect to her daughter, now eleven years of age. The gist of the petition underlying the court’s determination is that the mother suffers from a mental deficiency, as a result of which she is unable to adjust to conditions so as to make the return of her child possible.

On this appeal, the mother raises five assignments of error, each of which will be discussed below.

First, she contends that the court erred in denying her motion to strike subparagraph B(l) of the petition, because the allegation that she suffers from…