Termination under §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) & (g); In re VanDalen; In re Olive/Metts Minors; In re Trejo Minors; In re BZ; In re White; Whether the DHHS followed its internal procedures; Reasonable reunification efforts; In re Terry; In re Mason; In re Rood; Trial court reliance on respondent’s marijuana use; In re Richardson; Child’s best interests; Relative placement
Holding that §§ (c)(i) and (j) existed and termination of respondent-mother parental rights was in the child’s (A) best interests, the court affirmed. A was brought under the trial court’s jurisdiction because of the mother’s homelessness, unemployment, and substance use. After 362 days, she “had failed to adequately address her substance-abuse, housing, and employment issues such that there could be a legitimate belief that [A] could be returned to a safe, appropriate home with” the mother within any reasonable time. Despite being offered services, she “failed to actively and adequately engage her treatment plan so as to address the issues preventing her reunification with” A. Thus, the court was unable to find error in the trial court’s statutory-grounds findings.
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