State, ex rel. L.D.S. v. Stevens

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Appellant Sherron D. Stevens appeals the juvenile court’s termination of his parental rights as the father of L.D.S., a minor child. We affirm.

FACTS

L.D.S. was born March 19, 1983. Her mother died a few weeks after the birth. Sherron later married Deanna Hacker, who became L.D.S.’s stepmother. The family also consisted of several children from pri- or marriages of both Sherron and Deanna and a child later born as their issue.

In September 1985, L.D.S. sustained a serious head injury. After emergency treatment at a local medical clinic, L.D.S. was flown to a hospital in…