V.W. v. State Department of Human Resources

ROBERT P. BRADLEY, Retired Appellate Judge.

In September 1990 the State Department of Human Resources (DHR) filed petitions to terminate the parental rights of V.W., *334the mother of G.W. and Q.W. The petitions also sought to terminate the parental rights of the children’s respective putative fathers.

After several continuances, an ore tenus proceeding was held on the petitions in February 1991. The trial court subsequently entered an order terminating the parental rights of V.W. and the rights of both putative fathers, whose whereabouts were unknown. The mother appeals.

A parent has a prima facie…