Pulaski County Juvenile Office v. D.P.

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

D.P. (“Mother”) appeals a judgment terminating her parental rights with reference to her daughter, A.M.W., born on October 23, 1997. The issues for decision relate to the validity of a Consent to Termination of Parental Rights and Consent to Adoption (the “Consent”) signed by Mother; whether the trial court erred in admitting a letter written by Mother to A.M.W. contemporaneously with her signing of the Consent; and whether termination of Mother’s parental rights is in A.M.W.’s best interests.

M.P., Mother’s stepmother, contacted Anne Myers, a social…