A.P. v. State Department of Human Resources

THIGPEN, Judge.

This case involves the termination of parental rights.

In April 1991, the Madison County Department of Human Resources (DHR) filed a petition requesting the court to terminate the parental rights of M.K., the mother, and A.P., the father, to M.A.K., an infant. DHR’s petition was granted and permanent custody of M.A.K. was awarded to DHR. Both the mother and the father appeal, and their appeals are consolidated here.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in terminating the parental rights of the mother and the father.

The termination of one’s parental…