State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Larry W.

The father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights relating to his three children, now aged five, seven and eight. The mother’s rights have hitherto been terminated.

The children were taken into the custody of the Children’s Services Division (CSD) in 1971, three months after the parents separated. The youngest child is now healthy, but the older children still suffer the physical and mental effects of their early deprivation. The father visited the children a few times in 1972, but has not seen them since despite repeated attempts by CSD to reestablish the father-children…