People in Interest of BS

[¶ 1] F.M. (father) appeals the termination of his parental rights over B.AS., his two and one-half year old son. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Father is a thirty-seven-year-old Native American male with a ninth grade education. L.S., (mother) is a twenty-seven-year-old Native American female with a tenth grade education. 1 Father and mother have never been married.

[¶ 3] Mother was raised in an abusive and neglectful family environment and began a long course of substance abuse at age ten. She began “huffing” inhalants such as rubber cement and spray paint and,…