State ex rel. J.P.A.

EZELL, Judge.

_|jln this matter, the State of Louisiana appeals the decision of the trial court de*737nying its petition to terminate the parental rights of the mother, M.J.A., toward her three minor children, J.P.A, N.J.A., and B.L.A. For the following reasons, we reverse the decision of the trial court and render judgment terminating M.J.A.’s parental rights.

J.P.A. and N.J.A. are the illegitimate children of M.J.A. and J.A T. B.L.A. is the legitimate child of M.J.A. and F.A. However, all three children lived with M.J.A. and F.A. In March of 1999, the State, through the Office of Community…