B.C.M. v. H.E.C.

THOMPSON, Judge.

On January 22, 2004, H.E.C. and S.G.C., the paternal grandparents of C.M.C. (“the child”), filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of B.C.M. (“the mother”) and C.C. (“the father”) to the child.1 At the time the paternal grandparents filed their petition seeking to terminate the parents’ parental rights, the child had been in the temporary custody of the paternal grandparents for seven years. On June 21, 2004, the father consented to the termination of his parental rights to the child; the mother subsequently contested the petition to terminate her parental…