State Department of Human Resources v. E.H.S.

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a child custody case.

The father of the children was tried for the murder of their mother. Although the father was acquitted, one of the children testified that he witnessed the murder. Subsequently, the Department of Human Resources (DHR) petitioned to terminate the parental rights of the father. After a hearing, the father’s parental rights were terminated and this decision was upheld on appeal to this court. See T.V.N. v. State Dep’t of Human Resources, 586 So.2d 227 (Ala.Civ.App.1991).

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