S.D.P. v. U.R.S.

I concur that the judgment terminating the parental rights of the father should be reversed. I write specially to explain why I believe the juvenile court erred in concluding that the best interests of the child would be served by terminating the parental rights of the father.

Section 26-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, a part of the 1984 Child Protection Act (“the CPA”),2 provides, in pertinent part:

“If the court finds from clear and convincing evidence, competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the…