In re I.D.G.

HUNTER, Judge.

Respondent-father appeals the order terminating his parental rights to the minor child, I.D.G. On 21 April 2005, the Gaston County Department of Social Services ("DSS") filed a juvenile petition alleging that I.D.G. was a neglected and dependent juvenile. The basis for these allegations included respondent-mother's ("mother") drug use, her failure to provide a stable home and financial support to the child due to her incarceration during most of the child's life. The petition further alleged that mother's husband, the legal father of I.D.G. ("legal father"), and…