In Re Interest of Zdd

T.D., the father of two boys born September 7, 1980, and June 18,1983, has appealed from the order of the county court, terminating his parental rights to the children. The mother of the children voluntarily relinquished her parental rights January 13,1988. Her rights are not an issue in this appeal.

The family problems leading up to the petition for termination began in June 1985, when the father and the mother separated. The father had taken his alcoholism “to its umpteenth degree” and did not know where the children were during the summer. He testified that he knew the mother had taken the…