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According to one document released Monday, Brian David Mitchell's mother told authorities her son was mentally ill when he decided to put two of his children up for adoption.

The 1983 report (found at http://tinyurl.com/248xp4w) says Irene Mitchell contested her son's decision to give up Angela and Travis Mitchell on the grounds that he was mentally ill and therefore unable to make it.

Psychologist Randal Oster said no sign of mentall illness was found, and the children were put up for adoption.

The document was one of several exhibits entered into the court record during Mitchell's federal trial in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.

Among the other exhibits released were "Plus One: A Preface to the Book of Immanuel David Isaiah," which Mitchell wrote in November 2004, more than a year after he and his wife, Wanda Barzee, were arrested in Sandy while walking with Smart. (Find it at http://tinyurl.com/29h2ax3)

Another exhibit is a 12-page book entitled "The Second Book of Immanuel David Isaiah." (http://tinyurl.com/25zm6qs)

Also entered into the record were several stipulations from various witnesses.

A stipulation of testimony by Rebecca Woodridge, who was Mitchell's stepdaughter from his second marriage, says he sexually abused her for four years beginning when she was 7 years old. (http://tinyurl.com/2aj8o48)

Barzee's mother, Dora Corbett, said Mitchell was a smooth talker who stayed at her home but never paid rent. He eventually left to live in a teepee in the mountains and requested to hold meetings in her home to tell people about his religious beliefs. She denied his request. (http://tinyurl.com/25hahdb)

Phyllis Koch testified about the time she met Mitchell and Barzee at a home in Illinois while they were traveling through the country. (http://tinyurl.com/27nuas7)

Evelyn Camp, Barzee's sister, described how Mitchell once told her he did not want to work and would instead panhandle. (http://tinyurl.com/22kroez)

David Baird was Mitchell's boss at Historical Arts and Casting, where Mitchell was a metal worker. Baird said his employee was unusually devout, but it did not get in the way of his work. (http://tinyurl.com/2ecrrcd)