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Appeals court hears challenge to termination of parental rights; judges question weight given to father's contact with mother
Summary
Appellant argued the trial court misread an expert report and overly weighted the father's continued contact with the child's mother when it terminated parental rights; child’s counsel and DCF urged affirmance, citing the child's stability in foster care and father's lack of insight and inconsistent engagement with services.
The Appeals Court considered an appeal of a termination-of-parental-rights judgment in which the father contended the trial court erred by misconstruing an expert report, overemphasizing his transportation of the child's mother to supervised visits, and failing to account for the father's subsequent progress in services.
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