D.S. v. State Department of Human Resources

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

A petition to terminate the parental rights of D.S. (mother) and R.L.M. (father) to R.L.S. (minor son) was filed by the Butler County Department of Human Resources. M.F.B. (maternal grandmother) filed a petition seeking custody of her grandson. A hearing was held on these petitions. The Juvenile Court of Butler County granted the petition of DHR to terminate parental rights and denied the grandmother’s petition for custody. The determination was appealed to the Circuit Court of Butler County. That court reached the same conclusion as the juvenile…