In re D.R.F.

JACKSON, Judge.

Both respondent-father and respondent-mother (“respondents”) appeal the 1 October 2009 order terminating their parental rights to the minor child, D.R.F. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

Respondents are the natural parents of D.R.F., who was born in September 2007. When D.R.F. was born, the Chowan County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) already had custody of respondent-mother’s three older children, and respondent-father was in jail on three counts of child abuse based upon his interactions with respondent-mother’s other children. DSS took custody of D.R.F. on 6…