In the Interest of H.B.

LGREMILLION, Judge.

This is an appeal by the parents of H.B., Randy and Kristy,2 from the trial court’s decision issuing custody of H.B. to a relative placement. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

On June 12, 1998, H.B., then nine months old, was placed in the legal custody of the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services (the State). The placement resulted from an Instanter Order, containing allegations of drug abuse and physical abuse in the form of inappropriate spanking, filed by the Jefferson Davis Parish Office of Community Service. After…