Court Opinion

ID: 9734311
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:31:35.435835+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:47.813535
License: Public Domain

KELLEHER, Justice
with whom WEISBERGER, Justice, joins,
concurring.
While CWS has failed to satisfy all of the facets of the permanent-neglect proviso, the record before us contains a strong suggestion that the parents of Carol and Tina lack the necessary intellect and mental capabilities to properly discharge their parental obligations. Consequently, since the overriding concern of all should be the children’s best interests, I would suggest that the department return to the Family Court and there seek a termination of the LaFre-nieres’ parental rights by invoking that portion of § 15-7-7 which provides for a termination on a showing of parental “mental incapacity.”