Abbott v. Whitley

GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

Ermajean Whitley (“Mother”) appeals from the juvenile court’s judgment terminating her parental rights with respect to her daughter, M.M., and her son, O.M. We affirm.

M.M., born August 10, 1985, and O.M., born August 16, 1986, came under the care and custody of the Division of Family Services (the “DFS”) on May 7, 1987, when the juvenile court ordered their emergency removal from Mother’s home. The incident that precipitated their removal occurred shortly before that time, when Mother went to Michigan, leaving the children with an elderly man who was neither able nor…