Fike v. Department of Pensions & Security

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a parental rights termination case.

The child was born to Rhonda Fike on July 2, 1982, and was subject to sudden death syndrome. Because the mother neglected, failed, or refused to provide adequate protection to the child, his custody was awarded to the Jefferson County Department of Pensions and Security (DPS) when the child was less than one month old, and he has remained in their custody since that time. On September 30, 1983, DPS filed a petition requesting that the rights of the parents of the child be terminated permanently and that DPS be…