Theresa L. v. State, Dept. of Health and Social Services, Office of Children's Services

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A mother appeals the termination 'of her parental rights to her two youngest children; the children are now teenagers and testified that they did not want her rights to be terminated. The trial court decided that the children were in need of aid because of mental injury and that termination was in the children's best interests. The mother argues that the Office of Children's Services (OCS) did not meet its burden of proving mental injury and that the trial court clearly erred in deciding that termination was in the children's best interests because of…