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Appeals court considers challenge to termination of parental rights and post‑adoption visitation
Summary
In a partially impounded termination appeal, counsel for the mother argued the trial judge overlooked evidence of rehabilitation and treatment engagement; Department of Children and Families and children's counsel defended the termination and leaving post‑adoption visitation to pre‑adoptive parents' discretion.
The appeals panel heard argument in an impounded termination‑of‑parental‑rights appeal brought by a mother challenging findings that led the trial court to terminate parental rights.
Appellant counsel Lucas Newbill argued the trial court overlooked evidence of the mother's sustained progress in substance‑use treatment, her engagement with mental‑health providers and social…
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