In re: G.B., III
Annotate this CaseRespondent-father G. B., II appealed a Circuit Court order terminating his parental rights over his son, G. B., III. In September 2008, the father was arrested after making arrangements with an undercover state trooper to pay to have the child’s mother, Michelle H., murdered. The father pleaded guilty to a class A felony indictment for criminal solicitation to commit murder as principal and/or accomplice. His sentence carried an early-release date of August, 2016. In 2009, Michelle H. died. It appears that at that point, guardianship over the child was granted to either his maternal grandfather, or both of his maternal grandparents, although no certificate of appointment appeared in the record. In February 2012, petitioners, Robert H. (Michelle's cousin) and his wife Carolyn H., petitioned for guardianship over the child. Furthermore, they filed a petition against G.B., III for termination of his parental rights on grounds of abandonment, failure to support, educate or care for the child, and because of his conviction for soliciting the murder of G.B., III's mother. The trial court granted the petition and terminate G.B., II's parental rights. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed the termination.
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