Danforth v. Madison County Department of Public Welfare

SHIELDS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Aaron Ray Danforth (Dan-forth) appeals the trial court judgment terminating his parental rights over his two minor children, Aaron Ray Danforth, age 7, and Deloy Ray Danforth, age 6.

We reverse.

In August 1980, Danforth was arrested for armed robbery. He was subsequently convicted and incarcerated in the Indiana State Reformatory for two armed robberies and a burglary. From the time of Dan-forth's arrest and until May 1981, the children remained with their mother, Anna Danforth Fuller (Fuller), who was staying with her mother, Carolyn Parkhurst. When Fuller…