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Appeals court considers termination of parental rights and requests for post-adoption contact in multi-party appeal
Summary
The panel heard competing arguments over whether the trial court erred in finding both parents unfit, terminating parental rights, and denying post-adoption or post-termination visitation—issues that raised questions about credibility, judicial demeanor, admissible evidence, and the children's best interests.
The Appeals Court took oral argument Oct. 15 in a complex, multi-party adoption and termination appeal (No. 24P1056) that raises questions about parental fitness, the trial judge's demeanor and questioning, the admissibility and weight of hearsay and agency reports, and whether post-adoptive contact would serve a child's best interest.
Counsel for Father 2 (Warren Yanoff) asked the court to remand for further findings on whether post-adoption visits would be in the child's best interest and argued the trial court made no express findings on whether ongoing contact would benefit the child emotionally. "The case law is really very silent on the issue," Yanoff told the panel,…
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