In Re Interest of Teela H.

Severs, Judge.

Teela H., a 4-year-old girl who has been in long-term foster care, experiences separation anxiety at the prospect of being removed from her foster parents to return to her natural mother. The Scotts Bluff County Court, sitting as a juvenile court, overruled the motion of the natural mother, Kathy H., to return Teela to her. Kathy appeals that ruling to this court. The trial court also adopted the Department of Social Services (DSS) case plan of July 17, 1995, which provided for continued, but limited, visitation between Kathy and Teela.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The juvenile…