Jones Appeal

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Jones,

Sarah Jones, the mother of the children named in this proceeding, was arrested for aiding and abetting the rape of her fourteen-year-old daughter, Ada Jones, accomplished by Mrs. Jones’s paramour, Richard Shaw. An order of dependency and neglect was thereafter made as to appellant’s nine children. Placement in foster homes was accomplished under the auspices of the Child Welfare Service of Greene County.

Following her arrest, Mrs. Jones was committed to Mayview State Hospital for psychiatric evaluation. She was found to be neurotic and unstable, but not…