In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JS-4283

OPINION

BROOKS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a juvenile court order which severed the parental rights between appellant and her two minor children. The termination order was based upon the trial court’s finding that appellant, the natural mother, had abandoned her children and had made no effort to maintain a parental relationship with the children in accordance with A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(1).

On appeal, the mother argues that the statutory ground of abandonment was not satisfied where she consistently asked for the return of her children and where the finding of abandonment was based upon her…