R.S. v. State

JACKSON, Judge:

R.S. appeals the juvenile court’s order denying him custody of his son, J.M. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In July 1992, J.M. was conceived by fifteen-year-old E.M. during a two-day relationship with eighteen-year-old R.S. When E.M. was about two months pregnant, she told R.S. she was carrying his child. In September 1992, E.M.’s grandfather confronted R.S. regarding R.S.’s responsibility for the pregnancy. From time to time during the pregnancy, R.S. heard rumors from acquaintances that E.M. was pregnant with his child. *529Through all these communications, R.S. maintained a belief that he…