In re Caleb P.

HON. FRANCIS J. FOLEY III, JUDGE TRIAL REFEREE.

This petition is assigned for a contested hearing on the termination of the parental rights of Matthew J. to the minor children, Caleb P., bom November 5, 2006, and Aria P., bom November 10, 2007. The case arose as a petition by the children’s mother, Melissa P., to terminate the parental rights of the male biological parent. It was filed on November 28,2012, in the Northeast Regional Children’s Probate Court. The petition sought a termination of the biological father’s parental rights on the grounds that the father, Matthew, abandoned the…