In the Interest of J. M. R.

Johnson, Judge.

Anna Moultrie, formerly known as Anna Russo, and Charles Russo, Jr., were married and are the biological parents of J. M. R. and A. A. R. In 1988, Charles Russo, Jr., was murdered. Moultrie, who is remarried, pled guilty in 1994 to conspiracy to commit the murder. She is serving a ten-year sentence, with three of the years to be served in custody. Russo’s parents, Charles Russo, Sr., and Mary Anne Russo, petitioned the juvenile court to terminate Moultrie’s parental rights. The court denied the petition. The Russos appeal.

1. The Russos assert that the juvenile court, in…