In re Welfare of K. L. W.

Mary F. Moriarty, Fourth District Public Defender, David W. Merchant, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant father K.L.W.)

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Mary M. Lynch, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent county)

Kimberly T. Walker, St. Louis Park, Minnesota (for respondent mother J.A.C.)

Michael Tepoorten, Juvenile Justice Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (guardian ad litem)

Considered and decided by Hooten, Presiding Judge; Reyes, Judge; and Cochran, Judge.

HOOTEN, Judge *652Appellant-father challenges the termination of…