In Re Interest of CGCS

The mother of C.G.C.S., the juvenile, has appealed from the order of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights. She assigns as error the admission of certain testimony relating to her mental illness; the finding that the evidence clearly and convincingly supported the order of termination; the finding that it was in the best interests of the juvenile that the parental rights be terminated; and the refusal to grant a continuance of the hearing at which parental rights were terminated.

The juvenile was born to the appellant, an unwed mother, on July 14, 1982. When the child was 3 days…