Newcomb v. State Department of Human Resources

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Dena Newcomb, the seventeen-year-old mother of Kenny Ray Newcomb, appealed from a final judgment which adjudged Kenny to be a dependent child and which terminated her parental rights regarding Kenny. The sole appellate issue is whether the trial court’s judgment was supported by clear and convincing evidence.

After making a finding of fact, the trial court reached the following conclusions in its final judgment:

“From the evidence presented through all the witnesses the Court concludes that Dena is unable to provide parental care for Kenny Ray and that…