Brown v. ALA. DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SEC.

This is a termination of parental rights case.

The Alabama Department of Pensions and Security (DPS) brought three separate petitions, seeking permanent custody of each of the mother's three minor daughters and the termination of all parental rights. After a trial in which the evidence was presented to the trial court ore tenus, the trial court entered three orders granting DPS custody of each child and terminating all parental rights in and to the three children.

From each of the three orders, the mother appeals to this court. We note that there are two fathers, both of whom refused service of…