Morris v. Cabinet for Families & Children

STUMBO, Justice.

On March 20, 1997, the Appellee, the Cabinet for Families and Children, as petitioner and next friend of CJM, an infant, filed a Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights in Fayette Circuit Court. On August 20, 1998, the trial court entered an order terminating the parental rights of Appellants, Joann Fair-cloth Morris and Billy Joe Morris, and placing custody of the minor child with the Cabinet for Families and Children due to abuse and neglect. In October 1998, Appellants filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals; however, the language of the notice of appeal…