King v. State

This is a parental rights termination case.

Two illegitimate children are here involved. The boy was born in May 1980 and the girl in June 1981. The alleged, and admitted, father of both children was seventeen years of age, and the mother was fourteen at the time of the birth of the oldest child. On the date of the final hearing in this matter, the parents and children were the following ages: the father, twenty-one; the mother, seventeen; the boy, three; and the girl, two.

After personally hearing several witnesses testify, the juvenile court found that the children were dependent for several…