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Appeals court hears claim that DCF failed to engage incarcerated father before terminating parental rights
Summary
Father appeals termination of parental rights, arguing the Department of Children and Families failed to make reasonable efforts to engage him while he was incarcerated; DCF and the child's attorney say the father largely failed to maintain contact and the record supports termination as in the child's best interests.
The panel reviewed a termination order in a contested care‑and‑protection matter in which an incarcerated father argues the Department of Children and Families (DCF) did not make reasonable efforts to engage him while he was housed out of state.
Counsel for the father recounted efforts the father says he made while incarcerated — completion of substance‑abuse and parenting programs, enrollment in college, and repeated letters to the department and court investigator — and…
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