J.E.H. v. Department for Human Resources

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court terminating the appellants’ parental rights in their infant son, J.E.H. On appeal, the question is whether the trial court’s judgment was clearly erroneous as a matter of law. KRS 199.603 et seq. On review, we reverse and remand.

The appellants’ son, born on September 24, 1979, was placed in temporary custody with the appellee, Department for Human Resources, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on March 7, 1980, as a result of an ex parte emergency custody order issued by the Graves District Court. Such action resulted from the filing of…