In re C.P.
Annotate this CaseThe Department of Health and Human Services petitioned for termination of Parents’ parental rights to their two minor children. After a hearing, the district court terminated both parents’ parental rights to the children. Shortly after the trial and one day after the entry of judgment, the trial judge resigned. The amended judgment on appeal was entered by a different judge. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding (1) Parents’ due process rights were not violated because the entry of the initial termination order was drafted by an assistant attorney general; (2) there was no error in the successor judge’s decision to enter an amended judgment instead of holding a new trial; and (3) the district court did not err in its determination that the termination of parental rights, rather than a permanency guardianship with the grandparents, was in the best interests of the children.
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