State ex rel. Department of Human Services v. Peterson

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Respondent James Lee Peterson appeals the trial court’s determination that his parental rights to a daughter, C.P., and a son, E.P., should be terminated. Although the court also terminated the rights of the children’s mother, Cynthia La Dale Peterson, from whom respondent is divorced, she has not appealed. Respondent claims the state failed to establish abandonment by clear and convincing evidence. Respondent also claims the Department of Human Services failed to make reasonable efforts to help him remedy conditions and that the trial court may not order termination on…