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Appeals court reviews termination of parental rights where child has complex attachment needs
Summary
Appellate counsel for the mother argued the trial judge’s written findings did not adequately support terminating parental rights for a child with significant attachment and behavioral needs; the Department and child counsel urged that the record and findings were sufficient.
Sherry Krasner, counsel for the mother whose parental rights were terminated, told the appeals panel that the trial court’s written findings were insufficiently detailed to support the judge’s conclusion that returning the subject child would be harmful. Krasner said the judge made relatively few discrete findings given an extensive trial record, and she criticized the absence of specific factual findings about the mother’s mental‑health diagnoses, service…
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