Opinion ID: 1437603
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Child's Interaction and Relationship with Parents and Others

Text: The trial court's finding that A.S.C. had only six visits with the child, and therefore enjoyed no relationship with her other than a biological one is supported by the evidence. The trial court concluded that [t]o sever the parental relationship would not eliminate any emotional or psychological ties between daughter and mother because it is doubtful, under the circumstances, that such ties exist. The record supports the court's conclusion that the child had developed no relationship with the parents. However, the record fails to disclose the quality of any relationship and bonding that the child, who has been hospitalized since birth, has had with any others. This is also a significant factor in the analysis of this criterion. Unfortunately, this child had no other relationships with family, and she has not been placed in a foster home. How consideration of these facts influenced the court's view of this factor, we cannot discern from the record. The lack of bonding between parents and child is significant, but cannot support termination where, so far as the record reflects, there has been no bonding with any prospective substitute parent.