In re Forest G.
Annotate this CaseThe district court entered judgment terminating Father’s parental rights to his child. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding (1) the Court need not reach Father’s argument that the district court violated his due process right by applying a rebuttable presumption of parental unfitness and improperly placing the burden of proof on him because the court also found an alternative form of parental unfitness; (2) the court’s affirmative findings supporting its parental unfitness determination were supported by the evidence; and (3) the district court did not err or abuse its discretion in finding that termination was in the child’s best interest.
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