J.F.J. v. State Department of Human Resources

SAM A. BEATTY, Retired Justice.

J.F.J. appeals from judgments terminating her parental rights as to her two minor children, A.H. and G.A.H., Jr., and granting their permanent custody to the Alabama Department of Human Resources (“DHR”). The children’s father was also a party in these termination cases, but he did not appeal. We affirm.

The evidence reveals that the mother has had a serious problem with alcohol and drug abuse for many years and that the children have been removed from her custody on several occasions. DHR began working with the mother in July 1982 when it received a report that…