In Re Nicole B.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.

This case comes before the Supreme Court on appeal from a decree of the Family Court terminating the parental rights of the respondents (respondents or parents), to their three minor children, Nicole, born July 21, 1989; Jennifer, born November 10, 1991; and Fransisco, born December 22,1992. For the reasons elaborated below, we affirm the judgment of the Family Court. The facts insofar as relevant to the instant appeal are as follows.

The respondents first came to the attention of the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in January 1992, after…