No. 86CA1825Colorado Court of Appeals.
Decided June 30, 1988.
Appeal from the District Court of Boulder County Honorable Morris W. Sandstead, Jr., Judge
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Martin Mehaffy, Lawrence C. Rider, for Petitioner-Appellee.
Flanders, Wood, Sonnesyn Steinkamp, James R. Christoph, Guardian Ad Litem.
Blake M. Sutton, for Respondent-Appellant.
Division I.
Opinion by JUDGE PIERCE.
[1] Mother, R.J., appeals an order of the trial court terminating the parent-child legal relationship between her and her daughter, A.J. We affirm. I.
[2] Mother contends the trial court erred in finding that she had a mental deficiency “of such duration and nature as to render [her] unlikely within a reasonable time to care for the ongoing physical, mental and emotional needs of the [child].” She argues that the finding is not supported by the evidence and that it fails to disclose the basis of the trial court’s order. We disagree.
(Colo. 1982). Furthermore, the findings supporting an order terminating the parent-child legal relationship are adequate as long as they conform to the statutory criteria set forth in § 19-11-105, C.R.S. (1986 Repl. Vol. 8B). People in the Interest of L.G., 737 P.2d 431 (Colo.App. 1987). [4] Although the testimony in this case was conflicting, it clearly and convincingly supports the trial court’s finding that mother suffered from a mental deficiency which rendered her unable or unwilling to meet the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the child. See People in the Interest of C.A.K., supra; People in the Interest of C.B., 707 P.2d 1046
(Colo.App. 1985). This finding, which conforms to the statutory criteria set forth in § 19-11-105, C.R.S. (1986 Repl. Vol. 8B), adequately reflects the basis of the trial court’s order of termination. See People in the Interest of M.M., 726 P.2d 1108 (Colo. 1986).
II.
[5] Mother also contends that termination of the parent-child legal relationship was improper because the child had never been removed from the home. Again, we disagree.
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