State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Newman

The father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights in three children, whose ages at the time the petition was filed were 11, 10 and 8. The father contends that procedural errors were committed by the trial court, that the evidence did not justify termination, and that the state was barred by laches from instituting this proceeding and was estopped from doing so because it had unsuccessfully petitioned for termination of the father’s parental rights in an earlier proceeding. We affirm.

The petition initiating this proceeding was filed on March 8, 1979. An amended petition was…