Father’s Parental Rights Properly Terminated.

In the case of Kilby v. Culpeper County Department of Social Services, the Virginia Court of Appeals, ruled in a published opinion, that a father’s parental rights were properly terminated.  The termination was in the child’s best interests where father failed to protect child from sexual assault resulting in internal injuries and was criminally convicted for failing to do so.  The conviction pursuant to Virginia Code Section 40.1-103 is a felony assault for purposes of the application of Code § 16.1-283(E)(iii).