Termination of Parental Rights

82.10.k Grounds for Termination-Incarceration

In Re K.L.J., COA04-314, Robert Newman for appellant-father
An incarcerated dad who wrote letters during his incarceration did not "willfully" abandon his child.
COA Opinion

In Re K.D.L., COA05-773, Don Willey for appellant-father
Private TPR. A continuance or a deposition should have been allowed when the father was incarcerated in Tennessee.
COA Opinion

In Re M.H.B., COA06-1685, David Perez for appellant-father
Child support, 12 months and dependency grounds were not proven as father wrote DSS on multiple occasions, took parental training courses to make himself a better parent, took educational courses to become a plumber upon his release from incarceration, wrote his child and provided gifts through the Angel Tree program.
(No COA Opinion available)

In Re C.M.H., B.N.H. and S.W.A., COA07-851, Lisa Skinner Lefler for appellant-father
Any neglect from the original adjudication was not likely to reoccur, given the improvements the father had made in his life despite being incarcerated through most of the case history. He had attended substance abuse treatment and parenting classes and regularly wrote the children and the social worker.
COA Opinion