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Commonwealth of Kentucky

Court of Appeals

NO.  2006-CA-001283-ME
S.G.J. APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL FAMILY COURT
v. HONORABLE D. MICHAEL FOELLGER, JUDGE ACTION NO. 05-AD-00029
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, APPELLEES
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES,
E.K.S., and R.K.S., THROUGH HER NEXT FRIEND,
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

OPINION
AFFIRMING

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BEFORE: ABRAMSON AND STUMBO, JUDGES; KNOPF,1 SENIOR JUDGE.
KNOPF, SENIOR JUDGE:  S.G.J. appeals from the judgment terminating her parental
rights.  She argues that the statutory grounds for termination were not proven by clear and
convincing evidence and that the trial court failed to make specific findings of fact.  We
affirm.
1 Senior Judge William L. Knopf, sitting as Special Judge by assignment of the Chief Justice pursuant to Section 110(5)(b) of the Kentucky Constitution and KRS 21.580.
This case involves the relationship between S.G.J. and R.K.S., her sixth

child.  None of S.G.J.'s five other children are in her custody.  S.G.J. and R.K.S. went to stay with Wayne Davidson in Campbell County, Kentucky, after they had been evicted from the residence of her paramour, Ronald Langford.  On July 31, 2004, S.G.J. stole Davidson's automobile, wallet, and cell phone leaving the child behind.  S.G.J. then traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was promptly arrested for soliciting prostitution and for possession of drug paraphernalia.  Davidson notified police that S.G.J. had stolen his belongings and had left the child behind.  Davidson stated that he was unable to care for R.K.S. and did not know the child's name.  The police contacted the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Cabinet) who placed the child in foster care.
At a hearing on August 16, 2004, the Campbell Circuit Court found R.K.S. to be a neglected child.  Around this time, S.G.J. traveled to Davidson's home and left him a handwritten note giving him

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