Deck v. State Department of Human Resources

*126OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, C. J.:

This appeal challenges the district court’s judgment terminating the parental rights of Michele Jean Deck, the mother of Christy Amber Deck (“Amber”), and William Dupree, putative father of Amber. Although this is one of the more troubling of these heart-wrenching cases, we conclude that the district court did not err in its judgment and therefore affirm.

FACTS

Christy Amber Deck was born to appellant Michele Jean Deck on September 5, 1989; no father’s name appeared on the birth certificate. Less than three months prior to Amber’s birth, thirty-five-year-old…