In re the Dependency & Neglect of B. A. M.

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

G.M., father and appellant, appeals from an adjudication of dependency and neglect and a disposition permanently terminating his parental rights to B.A.M., a minor. The mother of B.A.M. is deceased. Respondents, B.G., a cousin of the deceased mother, and her husband, J.G., presently have custody of B.A.M. by virtue of the trial court’s order that they be permitted to adopt B.A.M. Although represented by counsel, no brief was filed on B.A.M.’s behalf. We affirm.

PACTS

B.A.M. was born December 3,1970, to the union of appellant, G.M., and the deceased mother, M.M. The…