Tanner v. State, Department of Health & Welfare

BOYLE, Justice.

In this appeal from a magistrate’s order terminating the parental rights of Merlin Poppe with respect to his two minor children, we are called upon to determine whether the findings and order are supported by clear and convincing evidence. We affirm.

I

Merlin Poppe and Norma Aragon had two children. Sherry was born at Oceanside, California on October 26, 1979, and Jimmie Joe was born at Twin Falls, Idaho, on April 5, 1984. After Jimmie Joe’s birth, the children lived with their mother in Idaho and Poppe continued to reside in California. Poppe visited Aragon and the children…