In re B.S.D.S.

BRYANT, Judge.

J.A.C.S. (respondent) appeals an order dated 22 November 2002 terminating parental rights over daughter B.S.D.S. (the child).

The child, born 14 August 1988, was fourteen years old at the time of the termination of parental rights proceeding and had previously been adjudicated neglected in 1994 and 1999. The 17 December 1999 order adjudicating the child neglected was based on the sexual abuse of the child by respondent’s boyfriend. As a result of the sexual abuse, the child experienced emotional and behavioral problems, was diagnosed with major depression including psychotic…