Court Opinion

ID: 9587976
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:28:31.272669+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:00:56.653411
License: Public Domain

Justice Mitchell
concurring.
I share Justice Carlton’s view that, when neglect is to be used as a statutory ground for terminating parental rights, a finding of neglect must be based on conduct reasonably close in time to the filing of the petition to terminate. I disagree with the majority view on this point only.
I concur in the opinion of the majority as it relates to the two remaining statutory grounds for termination of parental rights relied upon by the trial court. As either of these two grounds is adequate standing alone to support the judgment of the trial court, I also concur in the result reached by the majority.
Justice MEYER joins in this concurring opinion.