State ex rel. L.B. v. G.B.B.

1TRAYLOR, Justice.*

In this proceeding to involuntarily terminate parental rights, we granted a writ of certiorari to determine whether the lower courts erred in refusing to terminate the parental rights of G.B.B., finding the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services (the “State”) failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence the statutory grounds for termination of parental rights. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the judgments of the lower courts.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 2, 1999, G.B.B. was confined to the…