STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. A.K.

2001005.

851 So.2d 1 (2002)

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. A.K. and S.J. (In the Matter of S.T.J., B.J., and M.J.)

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Applications Denied June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Coleman Campbell, deputy atty. gen., and Sharon E. Ficquette, asst. atty. gen., Department of Human Resources, for appellant.

Christopher F. Abel of Gullahorn & Hare, P.C. Albertville, for appellee A.K.

Mark T. Hopper, Albertville, for appellee S.J.

Thomas B. Woodall of Barnett, Woodall & Baker, Guntersville, guardian ad litem.

James A. Tucker, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery; and Barbara A. Lawrence, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, for amicus curiae "Plaintiff Class in R.C. v. Fuller."


THOMPSON, Judge.

The Department of Human Resources (hereinafter "DHR") filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of A.K. ("the mother") and S.J. ("the father") to their three children. For most of the time since 1996, the children have been with foster families. In April 2001, the trial court conducted a hearing and received ore tenus evidence. On June 5, 2001, the trial court entered a judgment denying DHR's petition to terminate the parents' parental...

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