State ex rel. K.T.

1MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

The appellant, Don T.,1 appeals the judgment of 29 August 2002, wherein his parental rights over his two minor children were terminated.2 After reviewing the record, the applicable statutes, and relevant jurisprudence, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.3

The minor children, K.T. and D.K.T., came into the custody of the State on 21 November 2001, following the death of their eleven-month old sibling, who was living in the home with their mother, Kimberly T. Kimberly T. was present in the home as the man with whom she resided repeatedly punched the child in the…