In Re the Welfare of P.J.K.

YETKA, Justice.

This case comes to this court on a petition for further review of the court of appeals’ decision, 356 N.W.2d 69, reversing the decision of the Hennepin County Juvenile Court terminating the parental rights of the father. We reverse the court of appeals and reinstate the judgment of the juvenile court.

Minn.Stat. § 260.221 (1984) allows termination of parental rights for any one of a number of grounds. The juvenile court terminated the father’s parental rights on three of the statutory grounds. They are:

That a parent is palpably unfit to be a party to the parent and child…