K.D.G. v. Winston County Department of Human Services ex rel. Proctor

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. For over six years, KDG’s two minor sons had been in the custody of the Winston County Department of Human Services (DHS), while KDG had been in and out of prison. After KDG failed in 2008 to comply with a plan to reunite him with his sons and did not visit them for over a year, DHS petitioned for termination of his parental rights. The Winston County Chancery Court granted termination on two statutory grounds — (1) KDG’s failure to contact his sons for over a year and (2) the substantial erosion of the relationship between KDG and his sons.

¶2. KDG appeals. He…