In the Interest of J.W.D.

SNELL, Justice.

This case involves the parental rights of A.D., mother of J.W.D., a son born on September 8, 1985, when A.D. was sixteen years old. The purported father, R.D., was twenty-eight at the time of the child’s birth and has not appealed the trial court’s termination of his parental rights. On appeal by the child’s mother from the trial court’s termination of her parental rights, the court of appeals by a divided vote reversed the decision. We granted the State’s application for further review. We now vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the judgment of the juvenile court.

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