In re Adoption/Guardianship of Cross H.

Dissenting opinion by

BELL, C.J.,

which GREENE, J. joins.

We are asked to decide, in this case, whether, when the propriety of the order, entered in a child in need of assistance (CIÑA) case, and pursuant to which the termination of paren*372tal rights (TPR) proceedings are authorized, is the subject of a timely and properly filed appeal, it is permissible for a circuit court to pursue such proceedings when the appeal, which was filed by the parties whose parental rights are at stake, is pending in an appellate court. The majority declines to reach the merits of this issue, concluding that the…