In re E.W.

ENTRY ORDER

The issue in this appeal is whether the family court abused its discretion by excluding appellant as a party in a termination-of-parental-rights (TPR) proceeding involving a three-year-old girl and her mother, with whom appellant had lived for a period of time. We conclude that the court acted within its discretion, and thus affirm its order denying appellant party status in the TPR proceeding.

E.W. was born in January 1996. In May 1996, appellant was named as E.W.’s father in a petition seeking to have her adjudicated a child in need of care or supervision (CHINS). Appellant and…