In the Interest of M.E.B.

Johnson, J.:

F.B., the adoptive father of M.E.B., appeals the trial court’s termination of his parental rights, based upon an unfitness presumption for murdering M.E.B.’s mother. F.B. claims the statutoiy presumption was prematurely invoked because his murder conviction appeal is pending. We disagree with F.B. and affirm.

M.E.B. was bom on January 12, 1992. On December 23,1998, F.B.’s ex-wife, who was M.E.B.’s mother, was murdered. F.B. was convicted of first-degree murder of his ex-wife, along with several other crimes, and is currently serving a hard 40 sentence for the murder. He has…