T.V. v. B.S.

On Application for Rehearing

SEE, Justice.

This Court’s opinion of December 15, 2006, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

T.V., the mother of N.V., appeals the trial court’s termination of her parental rights. Because the trial court failed to find by clear and convincing evidence that there was no viable alternative to terminating T.V.’s parental rights, we reverse its judgment and remand the case.

Facts and Procedural History

T.V. began using drugs in the 1980s and became addicted to crack cocaine in the 1990s. She continued to use crack cocaine while she was pregnant with…