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Appeals court hears challenge to juvenile court’s termination of parental rights; DCF cites father’s history and incarceration
Summary
The appeals court heard argument March 10 in 2024P964, Department of Children and Families v. FOD, over whether the juvenile court correctly terminated a father’s parental rights where the father had lengthy criminal contacts and was incarcerated at trial.
The appeals court heard argument March 10 in 2024P964, Department of Children and Families v. FOD, a care‑and‑protection appeal in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) asked the court to affirm a juvenile court judgment terminating a father’s parental rights.
Joan Altimore, counsel for the father, told the panel the record shows father was incarcerated at trial and that paternity and visitation questions were complex and contested; counsel argued DCF had not shown with credible evidence that the father’s incarceration would render him permanently unfit to parent in the foreseeable future. Altimore said father had signed releases, engaged in substance‑abuse classes…
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