In Re Rosalie H.

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

The respondent father, Peter Houle, and respondent mother, Virginia Houle, appeal from a Family Court decree terminating their parental rights to their daughter, Rosalie H., born April 9, 1989, and son, Gregory H., born April 17, 1992. 1 We affirm the decree of the trial justice.

Facts and Procedural History

The Department of Children, Youth and Families’ (DCYF or department) involvement with the Houle family began in January 1999, when two former foster children alleged that Peter Houle had. sexually abused them while the couple was entrusted with their…