In the Interest of Dodge

Woleslagel, J.:

In this appeal a natural mother claims her parental rights should not have been severed. She also claims the trial judge failed to explain why they were. We affirm.

Ordinarily, when parental rights are severed on the ground of unfitness, there is evidence that the parent has physically or mentally abused the child. That is not so in this case. All the evidence produced in the trial was that appellant was a good and loving mother. Her unfitness was found to exist only in that she did not take steps to keep the natural father from abusing the child and probably would not do so in…