Juvenile Officer v. D.R.

ELLIS, Judge.

D.R. (“Father”) appeals from the judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Jackson County terminating his parental rights to his natural daughter, A.R.

Father had a relationship with A.R.’s mother “(Mother)” in the late 1980s that ended prior to AR.’s birth on July 3,1990. Shortly thereafter, Father began dating another woman whom he eventually lived with and with whom he had two children. At some point, Father and this other woman became engaged.

In 1993, Mother informed Father of A.R.’s existence. Subsequently, Mother would occasionally drop A.R. off to stay with Father when she…