In re J.V.
Annotate this CaseAfter Father threatened his ex-girlfriend with sharpened knives and included his seven-year old child in the assault, the Department of Health and Human Services petitioned the district court for a child protection order. The court entered a jeopardy order by agreement. Thereafter, the Department filed a petition to terminate Father’s parental rights, alleging that Father’s involvement of the child in the assault constituted “heinous and abhorrent conduct” creating a presumption of parental unfitness. After a hearing, the court terminated Father’s parental rights. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court’s finding that Father’s conduct was “heinous and abhorrent” was sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that Father was unfit to parent his child.
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