Home at Last Adoption Agency, Inc. v. V.M.

Home at Last Adoption Agency, Inc., (“the Adoption Agency”) appeals a final judgment dismissing its second amended petition to terminate the parental rights of Appellee, V.M., to his biological daughter. Because the trial court erroneously concluded that our prior opinion in this case precluded it from finding that Appellee had abandoned the child, we reverse.

The procedural and factual history of this case is unique. Appellee married G.C. (“the mother”) in October 2009, after learning that she was pregnant with his child. Two months later, Appellee was arrested for allegedly battering his new…