Johnson v. J.K.C.

J.K.C., Sr., and L.K.C. appeal from an order terminating their parental rights of their two children, J.C., Jr., and T.C., ages eight and two respectively. J.C., Jr., a male child born November 11, 1981, was removed from his natural parents shortly after birth while in the hospital due to concern about the parents’ ability to care for J.C. The petition alleged that the natural father had been diagnosed “as suffering mental retardation” and the natural mother had been diagnosed “as suffering from mental disorder of undifferentiated schizophrenia] — intellectual deficiency.” At the August 17,…