In re H.C.
Annotate this CaseParents' two young children were removed from their care and placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services due to Parents' abuse and neglect. The day before a scheduled contested hearing on the Department's termination petition, Parents appeared in court and represented through counsel that they intended to consent to the termination. After an individual colloquy with each parent, the district court found that Parents had voluntarily and knowingly executed their consent and ordered the termination of their parental rights. Parents appealed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in terminating Parents' parental rights to their two children, as the court rationally could have found clear and convincing evidence to support its findings that Parents' consents were executed voluntarily and knowingly.
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