Thompson v. Montieth

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This is an appeal of the trial court’s order terminating appellant’s parental rights.

The appellant, Jeffery Trevor Montieth (Father), is the natural father of the minor child, Chase Thompson. Appellee, Stacci Thompson Smith (Mother), is the mother of the child, and appellee James Richard Smith is Mother’s current husband.

At the time the child was conceived, May 26, 1992, Mother was separated from her first husband, Dusty Johnson. In July or August of 1992, Mother resumed living with Johnson. In August of 1992, Mother told *394Father that she was…