Opinion ID: 1886607
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Heading: The Significance of the Vincents' Willingness to Permit Clark to Maintain a Relationship With Trevor Jr.

Text: Tara next assertswithout reasoned argumentthat the Vincents' willingness to allow her to maintain a relationship with her son establishes per se that a guardianship was a superior alternative to terminating her parental rights. The argument lacks merit. That the Vincents would allow Tara to maintain a relationship with her son was relevant, but not decisive, of whether terminating Tara's parental rights was in Trevor Jr.'s best interests. As this Court has noted in a similar context [v]isiting a child and rearing one are different acts entailing different responsibilities. [15] That Tara may have a continued relationship with her son does not establish an overriding legal basisirrespective of all other considerations relevant to the child's best intereststo continue parental rights. [16]