Court approves termination of the parental rights of the mother, who has FAS.

The mother at age 37 possessed "the distinctive facial abnormalities of the disorder," as well as "congenital neuro-cognitive impairment in her ability to organize events and its impact on the higher cognitive functions such as anticipating and making connections between events."

The mother had since the age of 16 been receiving SSI benefits. "Because of her condition and abilities, [the mother] has only had marginal employment on an intermittent basis during her life." (*1).

There was evidence of a number of incidents of sexual and other abuse of the child involved.