Barnes v. McGee

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court: ■

¶ 1. While the rights of a parent are fundamental, they are not absolute. By statute, a parent may lose his parental rights if he fails to make any contact with his child for more than a year or causes his relationship with his child to substantially erode, at least in part, through his own serious neglect, prolonged and unreasonable absence, or unreasonable failure to visit or communicate.1

¶ 2. This is exactly, what, the chancellor found Thomas Barnes2 had done, by clear and convincing evidence. Having initially refused to acknowledge his paternity and only…