In Re: C.L.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS In re: C.L. FILED November 21, 2016 No. 16-0728 (Mercer County 15-JA-061-WS) RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner Father J.V., by counsel Gerald R. Linkous, appeals the Circuit Court of Mercer County’s July 12, 2016, order terminating his parental rights to then two-year-old C.L.1 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (“DHHR”), by counsel S.L. Evans, filed its response in support of the circuit court’s order. The guardian ad litem (“guardian”), Joseph T. Harvey,…