In the Interest of S. K. L.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellant is the undisputed natural father of S. K. L. A petition was filed on June 21, 1990, seeking to terminate the parental rights of both parents, and the lower court issued an order terminating those rights. Appellant has elected to appeal this order; the natural mother who did not attend the hearing on the petition has not appealed.

S. K. L. who was born on January 8, 1988, was a “fetal alcohol syndrome baby,” which resulted in his developmental delay. The record is replete with evidence of the mother’s alcoholism and emotional problems and of her repeated…