Robinette v. Keene

Opinion

BENTON, J.

Jessie Belle Robinette, the natural mother of two girls, S_, age 5, and J_, age 2, appeals from a single order terminating her parental rights and granting the petitions for adoption of both children filed by Wayne and Susan Keene. The issue to be decided is whether the record establishes by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence that Robinette abandoned her children or is an unfit parent. We conclude that it does not and reverse the decision of the trial court.

Robinette learned on November 15, 1984, that her husband, Danny Robinette, had sexually molested S__The next day,…