In re Taylor B.W.

Mother and Father entered into a martial dissolution agreement and parenting plan for their two minor children. Mother subsequently pleaded guilty to the attempted second degree murder of Father and was sentenced to twelve years incarceration. Mother and Father entered into an amended parenting plan that provided for the resumption of the original parenting plan after Mother's release from prison. Father remarried while Mother was incarcerated, and Father and Stepmother filed a petition for termination of Mother's parental rights and a petition for adoption by Stepmother. The trial court denied the petition after amending its original order, concluding that termination of Mother's parental rights was not in the best interests of the children. The court of appeals reinstated the trial court's original order terminating Mother's parental rights. The Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals and reinstated the amended order of the trial court, holding that Father and Stepmother failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that termination of Mother's parental rights was in the best interests of the children. View "In re Taylor B.W." on Justia Law