In re Ballard

*842This case presents a pure legal issue, making it unnecessary to delve into the facts in any great detail. Petitioner fathered three children, and they were removed from his and the mother's care by the Department of Health and Human Services because of an inability to care for the children's needs and a poor home environment. The children were placed with respondents, the children's maternal grandparents. Subsequently, the trial court appointed respondents as the children's juvenile guardians; however, petitioner's parental rights were not terminated. For several years thereafter, petitioner…