K.J. v. Pike Cnty. Dep't of Human Res.

On June 14, 2017, the Pike County Department of Human Resources ("DHR") filed four petitions in the Pike Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") seeking to terminate the parental rights of K.J. ("the mother") to her four minor children. In those petitions, DHR also sought to terminate the parental rights of J.A.C., the father of two of the minor children, and to terminate the parental rights of the unknown father or fathers of the mother's other two minor children. The juvenile court conducted an ore tenus hearing over the course of two days--December 7 and December 14, 2017.

On January 3, 2018,…