State v. Doe

SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal following the termination of the parental rights of John Doe.

I

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

John Doe (“Doe”) and the mother of Baby Doe were roommates with separate friends and activities. The mother discovered she was pregnant in her third trimester. She insisted that John Doe was not the father. When she had the baby in April 2003, the mother admitted to doing methamphetamines and marijuana. Child Protective Services let her take the child home, but two weeks later tests came back positive for marijuana and methamphetamine in the baby’s system…