R.M. v. State Department of Human Resources

BEATTY, Retired Justice.

In July 1997, the Cullman County Department of Human Resources filed petitions seeking permanent custody of three siblings. The petitions sought to have the parental rights of J.W.M. (“the mother”) and R.M. (“the father”) terminated as to their three minor children. These minor children were born in 1989, 1990, and 1991.

After a two-day hearing the trial court issued an order, dated April 6,1998, terminating the parental rights of the mother and the father and awarding custody and control of the three minor children to the State Department of Human Resources (DHR).

The…