State in Interest of JRT v. Timperly

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Appellant father appeals from a Second District Juvenile Court decree permanently depriving him of parental rights in and to his son. We affirm.

J.R.T. was born in Colorado on May 19, 1981. When J.R.T. was several months old, his mother left him and his father, the appellant in the instant case. Approximately one year later, appellant and J.R.T. moved to Utah to live with appellant’s brother and his wife.

In 1984, appellant enrolled J.R.T. in the Social Integration Project, an outreach program for underdeveloped preschoolers. At age three and one-half, J.R.T.’s development…