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Appeals court hears challenge to termination of parental rights in case involving infant skull fractures
Summary
In DCF v. Mother (25P845) appellant counsel argued the trial court erred by terminating parental rights based primarily on the mother's inability to explain infant skull fractures; DCF and the court cited expert testimony that injuries were consistent with abuse absent an explanatory history and pointed to bruising on multiple planes and service noncompliance.
Justice Peter Sachs presiding. The Appeals Court reviewed the Department of Children and Families’ termination of parental rights in a matter the parties described as complicated and fact-intensive. Nicole Paquin, representing the mother, argued the judge erred by relying on the mother’s failure to provide an explanation for skull fractures and by discrediting testimony about caretaking and alternative explanations; she urged the…
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