Sills

*870 Opinion

These are appeals from orders of the juvenile court that removed custody of a boy and girl from their mother because of the mother’s emotional instability. No physical or mental abuse has been directed toward the children, but the mother apparently suffers from extreme emotional disability.

On February 9, 1977, Mrs. Lampe, a counselor at Thompson Junior High School, had a visit from Carrie W., one of appellant’s children. The child was hysterical and was afraid of the way her mother was acting. On the evening of February 16, 1977, appellant, a pathologist, left for Michigan to look for a job. Appellant had instructed the children not to leave the apartment without someone there. Richard, then 11, was to stay at home from school on the 17th, and Carrie, then 12, was to stay in the apartment on the 18th. Through Mrs. Lampe, appellant’s psychiatrist was made aware of the children’s difficulties and he contacted the Protective Services Division of the Kern County Social Welfare Department. On February 17, 1977, at 3:50 p.m., the children were taken into custody of the juvenile court and admitted to the Kern County Shelter Home.

While at the shelter home, the children…