State, Division of Child & Family Services v. J.N.

OPINION

WILKINS, Associate Presiding Judge:

The State, joined by the Guardian Ad Li-tem, appeals from the juvenile court’s dismissal of a petition brought by the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) to terminate J.N.’s (Father) parental rights to J.N., L.N., C.N., and A.N. (the children). We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

Mother and Father, who are the children’s parents, divorced in January 1994. The divorce decree named Mother the children’s legal custodian and allowed Father only supervised visitation.

Mother was incarcerated in September 1994, so the children went to live with their…