ATB v. Department of Public Assistance & Social Services

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

In this appeal we address the question, posed by appellant, ATB (father), whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Department of Public Assistance and Social Services (DPASS), upon its petition to terminate the father’s parental rights vis-a-vis his son, EB (child). DPASS premised its petition to terminate the father’s parental rights on allegations that the child had been left in the care of DPASS without provision for child support and without communication from the father for a period of at least one year. 1 We reverse…