C.O. v. State

HARRIS, Justice.

The district court concluded that the relationship between the fathers and the mother of three young children should be terminated. On our de novo review we are obliged to agree and we hence vacate a contrary decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the district court.

Even when plainly demanded by the facts, it is a fearful thing to order termi*394nation of a parent-child relationship. Heart-wrenching circumstances seem always to attend termination cases. The parents caught up in what can truly be described as tragedies obviously are faced with indescribable…