Mother and Father had separated, and
Father had stopped providing day-to-day care for the children. In 2017, Mother and the children
were living in Twin Falls, and Mother attempted suicide. While Mother was psychiatrically
hospitalized due to this incident, the children went to live with Father in Texas but returned to
Idaho to live with Mother after a short period of time.
       In 2017 or 2018, Mother moved with the children to Meridian. During this time, Mother
was not employed, and her sole source of income was the child support Father provided. After
moving to Meridian and until the children were removed from Mother’s custody, Daughter
undertook the parenting role for the twins and also ensured Mother’s daily needs were met.
Daughter’s role included cooking for the family, cleaning thehouse, doing laundry, ensuring the
twins bathed, ensuring Mother paid the household bills, and transporting the twins to and from
school. In order to accomplish this latter task, Daughter drove Mother’s car despite lacking a
driver’s license.
       Also during this time, Mother regularly suffered from severe panic attacks. Mother
reported being unable to breathe, being possessed by demons, and perceiving unseen home
invaders. During these attacks, Mother often summoned Daughter home from school, asked
Daughter to perform religious exorcisms on her, and screamed loud enough to raise the
neighbors’ concern. These episodes were terrifying for the children to witness, and during an
unspecified number of times in 2017 and 2018, Mother became physically violent toward the
children, which prompted the neighbors to intervene to protect them.
     