State ex rel. P.S.T.

Lin this termination of parental rights case, the mother of the child has been in prison since 2004 and will not be released until April 16, 2016. The majority proposes to reverse the trial court’s ruling terminating the parental rights of the mother. The father does not object to the termination of his parental rights. The majority finds that the State does not prove that termination of the mother’s rights were proven by the State.

The child was born on October 15, 1999, thus making the child nine-and-a-half years old currently. He has not been cared for by his mother for almost five years.…