Summary 2009 WY 94

Summary of Decision issued July 28, 2009

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Case Name: MDW v. Hot Springs County DFS

Citation: 2009 WY 94

Docket Number: S-09-0011

Appeal from the District Court of Hot Springs County, the Honorable Dan Spangler, Judge.

Representing Appellant MDW: Larry B. Jones, Burg, Eldredge, Hersh & Jardine, PC, Cody, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee Hot Springs DFS: Bruce A. Salzburg, Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley, Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Christina McCabe, Assistant Attorney General.

Guardian Ad Litem: Bobbie Dean Overfield, Messenger & Jurovich, PC.

Facts/Discussion: MDW (Mother) appealed the district court’s decision terminating her parental rights.
Mother did not challenge that her daughters were neglected. Rather, she challenged that the Department had not made reasonable efforts to rehabilitate the family. The Court stated that the Department’s efforts were fully supported by evidence in the record.

Conclusion: The evidence at trial clearly and convincingly demonstrated the Department’s reasonable but unsuccessful rehabilitation efforts.

Affirmed.

J. Burke delivered the decision.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/mx5qr5 .

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