BENTON v. STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Civ. 5849.

515 So.2d 1263 (1987)

Sheryl L. BENTON v. STATE of Alabama DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. (In the Matter of Tonya Jo BENTON and Denise Earline Benton, minors).

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Motley, Dothan, for appellant.

William Prendergast, Coleman Campbell and Jim L. Mysinger, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


INGRAM, Judge.

Following an ore tenus hearing, the district court of Houston County ordered the permanent termination of all parental rights of the mother in Tonya Jo and Denise Earline Benton, ages eleven and ten, respectively. The parental rights of the legal and putative fathers of the children have previously been terminated. Permanent legal custody of the children was vested in the Alabama Department of Human Resources (Department). The mother appeals...

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