K.K. v. Department of Children & Family Services

CANADY, Judge.

K.K. appeals an order of the trial court terminating his parental rights. This order was based on a “default” for “failure to appear” at the adjudicatory hearing in his case. K.K. arrived at the adjudicatory hearing approximately twenty minutes late. K.K’s attorney then moved that the trial court set aside the default and hear the case. Counsel explained to the court that K.K. was late because the disabled relative who had provided transportation for K.K. had experienced difficulty finding a handicapped parking space near the courthouse. The trial court denied the motion to set…