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Appeals panel hears dispute over DCF reasonable-efforts finding and missed parenting time
Summary
An appeals panel heard argument in a child-welfare appeal where the father contends the Department of Children and Families failed court orders and its own regulations to provide court-ordered parenting time while the father is incarcerated; the panel questioned appealability and scope of review.
The Appeals Court heard argument in Department of Children and Families v. Father (24P.852) on whether the department made reasonable efforts to provide court-ordered parenting time for an incarcerated father and whether that reasonable-efforts determination is properly before the full court on appeal.
Appellant counsel Julia Healy argued the father sought parenting time repeatedly between 2022 and 2024, that DCF violated at least two juvenile-court orders and…
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