In the Interest of T.S. v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

COWART, Judge.

This is an appeal by a mother from an order permanently terminating her parental rights to her child, T.S.

T.S. was born two months premature on June 16, 1982, with numerous severe medical complications including heart and respiratory problems and sudden infant death syndrome. She required special medication, respiratory and heart monitors and twenty-four hour attention and was designated a special needs child.

The mother’s maiden name is Carolyn Elaine Williams. She is married to a man named Smith but her two children are fathered by Billy Ray Huff. When T.S. was born the mother…