State ex rel. J.J.T.

ORME, Associate Presiding Judge:

Appellant seeks reversal of the trial court’s decision terminating his parental rights. He contends the court’s action is barred by res judicata. We disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

*162FACTS

J.T., the appellant, is the biological father of minors *J. J.T. and T.J.T. Appellant resided with the mother of the two minors, as well as with her five other minor children from previous marriages. Pursuant to a missing persons investigation, on December 17, 1990, police discovered the body of appellant’s six year-old stepson in a shallow grave in appellant’s…