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Appeals court hears challenge to permanency ruling approving adoption goals over reunification
Summary
In a 29B appeal the mother argued the trial court approved adoption goals without an evidentiary hearing, that DCF failed to change internal goals after trial and that ICWA and due-process questions were unresolved; DCF urged limited review for abuse of discretion and said the court relied on permanency reports and submitted records.
Appellant counsel Natalie Hopple asked the panel to reverse and remand the permanency ruling approving adoption goals, arguing the lower court lacked an evidentiary basis to find the mother had gained no insight and that DCF’s internal concurrent-planning continued to press adoption despite the court’s post-trial findings favoring reunification. Hopple also raised a jurisdictional/ICWA concern about record procedures…
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