Dept of Health & Welfare v. Jane Doe (2014-22)
Annotate this CaseJane Doe’s three-year-old son was found wandering in a truck stop parking lot, where trucks were entering and leaving. He had walked from a recreational vehicle 1.9 miles away, where Jane Doe and her boyfriend were living. When the police went to the recreational vehicle, they observed that there was insufficient food appropriate for a child. Jane Doe gave conflicting accounts as to why the child had been unsupervised. The police declared the child in imminent danger and took him into shelter care. The following day, proceedings involving the child were commenced under the Child Protective Act. The Department of Health and Welfare filed a case plan which set forth tasks to be accomplished by Jane Doe for the purpose of reuniting Jane Doe with her son. The attempt at reunification was not successful, and the Department filed a petition to terminate Jane Doe’s parental rights in her son. Finding that Jane Doe failed to show that the magistrate court erred in terminating her parental rights, the Supreme Court affirmed termination.
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