Carter v. State

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

Defendants appeal the termination of their parental rights. We agree with and therefore affirm the trial court’s judgment that placement of permanent legal custody with the State Department of Pensions and Security is in the best interests of this child.

The parents have never had actual custody of the child. The Department of Pensions and Security (hereinafter DPS) was informed by a resident at the hospital, that the physical appearance of the parents who were visiting their newborn child raised questions as to the living conditions into which the child would return.…