State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Moyer

This is an appeal by the mother of two minor children from an order of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights. She assigns as error the court’s holding that the juvenile department (the state) had jurisdiction over the older child and challenges the termination of her rights in both children.

The essential facts are as follows:

THE MOTHER

The mother was 23 years old at the time of the hearing and had two children, Miranda, age 4, and Tony, age 2. She grew up in a middle class background but, because of feelings of isolation from her family, began running away from home when she was…