Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama August 30, 2002, 2010727 (S.W. v. Houston County Department of Human Resources)

THOMPSON, Judge.

On January 3, 2002, the Houston County Department of Human Resources (hereinafter “DHR”) filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of S.W. (“the mother”) and S.T., the alleged father, to M.T. and K.T. (“the children”). On April 2, 2002, the trial court held a hearing and received ore tenus evidence.