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Appeals court hears challenge to termination of parental rights; defense raises race and ineffective-assistance claims
Summary
The Appeals Court heard argument in a Department of Children and Families termination-of-parental-rights appeal where the father’s lawyer argued the court and DCF did not adequately consider the children’s racial and cultural needs and that trial counsel was ineffective.
The Appeals Court heard argument in an impounded Department of Children and Families (DCF) termination-of-parental-rights appeal in which the father’s lawyer argued the trial judge and agency did not adequately consider the children’s racial, cultural and heritage needs when approving a plan of adoption with a white pre-adoptive parent.
Attorney Deborah Dow for the father told the court that DCF regulations and state guidance require the agency and the court to consider race, culture and heritage in placement decisions even where the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) does not apply; she…
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