Court Opinion

ID: 9722725
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:47:42.857605+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:39.377525
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YOUNG, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent and would reverse the trial court.
It is not sufficient to find that the visitation requested by the natural father would not be in the “best interest” of the child. The trial court must specifically find that such visitation might endanger the child’s physical health or significantly impair his emotional development. I conclude that the evidence in the record is insufficient to meet that standard.1 While the evidence may be sufficient to support removal of the child from the home, it is insufficient to satisfy the stricter standard required where a termination of visitation rights is attempted.

. The trial judge conducted an in camera interview with the child but did not make a record of the conversation. Because no record was made, the in camera interview adds nothing to the sufficiency of the evidence available upon review.