Court Opinion

ID: 9655466
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 19:11:20.647918+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:18.576366
License: Public Domain

Krivosha, C.J.,
dissenting.
I must respectfully dissent from the majority in this case. While I concede that the parents in this case are not likely to be designated “parents of the year,” I likewise believe that the evidence does not disclose either physical abuse or conditions eminently harmful to the children, thereby compelling state intervention. I continue to be convinced that “best interests of the children” means within the context of their natural family home and does not imply that children should be removed from their parents if, by doing so, they may move up in life. I would have concluded that the record was insufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the best interests of the minor children require that the parents’ parental rights be terminated, and I would have reversed.