Termination of Parental Rights of John Doe (2015-01)
Annotate this CaseJohn Doe has a long history of drug use, and a somewhat troubled family history. He started using methamphetamine in his early teens and has continued using methamphetamine consistently for the past twenty-plus years. Doe's his parents placed him in an inpatient drug treatment facility. In his later teens, he went to another treatment as part of a juvenile proceeding. When the second treatment center wanted to send Doe to a treatment facility in Salt Lake City, he ran away. When Doe was approximately 27 years old, he moved to California and, around 2005, served a year in prison for making terrorist threats. He participated in more drug treatment while in prison. After successfully completing his parole, he moved back to Idaho. Doe and L.E.’s mother had been together about a year and a half when L.E. was born in December 2011. The following month, Doe was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, spent several months in jail before being released on bond, and was later convicted. Doe was also charged with several misdemeanor offenses arising from the same incident; under a plea agreement, he was convicted of two. Doe then entered his third drug treatment program, as he was sentenced to a CAPP Rider, a three-month program that includes drug treatment. He completed that program successfully. He was serving the Rider when L.E. came into the care of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (“IDHW”) through an emergency removal. The State filed a petition under the Child Protective Act. L.E.’s mother had left her with family members, then disappeared. L.E. was placed in temporary shelter care until a hearing at which the parties stipulated that L.E. lacked a stable home environment and stipulated to placement in IDHW’s custody. After a hearing, the magistrate entered a case plan, notifying the parents that failure to comply with the plan could result in termination of parental rights. Doe would enter treatment programs two more times before the magistrate overseeing L.E.'s case changed the permanency plan to a goal of termination of parental rights and adoption. Doe appealed the ultimate decision terminating his rights as to L.E. But the Supreme Court found substantial evidence entered in the trial court record to support termination. The Court affirmed the termination.
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