COPE v. STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Civ. 7001.

549 So.2d 982 (1989)

Lisa COPE v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. In the Matter of Ronald Eugene COPE III.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

July 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Copeland of Hardeman & Copeland, Cullman, for appellant.

William Prendergast, Coleman Campbell, Asst. Attys. Gen. and Lynn S. Merrill, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RUSSELL, Judge.

After an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court ordered the permanent termination of the parental rights of Lisa Ann Cope and Ronald Eugene Cope, Jr. in their three-year-old child. Permanent legal custody of the child was vested in the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

Only the mother has appealed. We affirm.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether there is clear and convincing...

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