Perry v. Elkhart Office of Family & Children

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Michael Perry appeals the involuntary termination of his parental rights. His child, almost four when his paréntal' rights were terminated, was taken into the custody of the Elkhart Office of Family and Children when she was six months old because her parents did not adequately care for her. The only financial support Perry ever provided his daughter was to buy diapers four or five times. Perry has not seen his daughter since sometime before the welfare agency became involved, in part because the mother and her family refused him access to the child and in part because he…