Gentry v. STATE DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SEC.

This is a case of termination of parental rights.

Barbara Jean Gentry, twenty-one years of age at the time of hearing in the court below, is the mother of two illegitimate daughters — Kim, born November 12, 1977, and Bobbie, born November 15, 1981. The mother was fourteen and in the eighth grade at the time of Kim's birth. She quit school the following year. She lived with her mother and relied upon Aid to Dependent Children for support.

The evidence disclosed that the alleged father of Kim denied paternity. The mother stated she had "no idea" as to the identity of the father of Bobbie. There…