In re B.H.

The State, the juvenile, B.H., and his custodial guardian appeal the family court’s order dismissing the State’s petition to terminate father’s parental rights with respect to B.H. We reverse and remand.

The relevant facts of the case are not in dispute. Father and B.H.’s mother, who voluntarily relinquished her parental rights and is not a party to this appeal, met in 1995 and married in the summer of 1996. B.H. was bom on September 12, 1996. Each parent had significant problems. Father had a • chronic drinking problem that resulted in (1) multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated and…