People ex rel. M.C.C.

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Respondent, R. C., appeals the trial court’s order terminating the parent-child relationship between him and M.C.C., an infant child. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The record reveals the following facts. On October 11, 1979, R. C., his wife, and M.C.C. resided at a motel in Lakewood, Colorado. That evening, R. C. asked the motel manager to babysit. When the manager refused, R. C. and his wife left M.C.C. unattended. The manager reported this incident to police officials, and, upon finding M.C.C. alone in the motel room, police officers removed the child and…