People ex rel. M.P.

PIERCE, Judge.

Respondent mother appeals from the trial court judgment terminating the parent-child relationship between her and her four minor children. We affirm.

In October 1979, the County Department of Social Services took physical custody of the mother’s four children, then aged 9, 7, 4, and 2. The father of the three oldest children was deceased, and the father of the youngest could not be found. In November 1980, the mother stipulated to an adjudication of dependency and neglect.

The four children were placed in foster care from October 1979 until they were returned, one by one, to their…