Payne v. Dep't of Human Servs. (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter A.S.'s sister suffered a nonaccidental death, the circuit court found A.S. dependent-neglected. A termination hearing was subsequently held, after which the circuit court found termination of Mother's parental rights was in A.S.'s best interest and terminated Mother's parental rights. Mother appealed, arguing that because a jury convicted her boyfriend for the death of C.S., her parental rights as to A.S. were wrongly terminated. The Supreme Court remanded the case and ordered that a supplemental record be filed, holding that because none of Mother's testimony and other evidence presented at the adjudication hearing was included in the record, the record must be supplemented with Mother's testimony and anything else that was relevant to the termination hearing and the final order of the circuit court.
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