Court Opinion

ID: 9722149
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:17:51.020475+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:30.972392
License: Public Domain

VOGEL, Justice
(dissenting).
I would affirm the district court ruling, rather than remanding for further proceedings.
The majority opinion states that “We cannot as a matter of law conclude that the juvenile court committed error by not allowing or granting the termination of the mother’s parental rights.” I agree. That should end our participation in the case. We should affirm, without any gratuitous directions to the juvenile court.
The only question before the juvenile court was whether the parental rights of the mother should be terminated. The same question was the only one presented to us. We are all agreed that the answer should be negative on the record before us. Since any interested party can petition the juvenile court at any time to reopen the case so long as parental rights are not terminated, or the court can reopen on its own motion, I see no point in directing the court to consider holding a new hearing.