Matter of I.B.
Annotate this CaseThe Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services removed I.B. from his parents' care in June, 2008, when he was about five months old. The parents neglected to provide I.B. with necessary medical care. I.B. was taken to the hospital after suffering a blistering facial sunburn and second degree burns on 20-30% of his body. The Department of Human Services received an abuse or neglect referral and investigated. Due to the nature of his injury, doctors recommended a special feeding technique and schedule be followed once I.B. was released back to his parents' care. Social workers arrived at I.B.'s home unannounced to find that none of the hospital's instructions were being followed. The Department removed I.B. from his home and into foster care, and filed a petition seeking emergency protective services. The court adjudicated I.B. a youth in need of care, and the parents stipulated to treatment plans in July, 2008. Seeing no compliance with the treatment plan, and seeing that the parents' condition was unlikely to change within a reasonable time, the district court terminated the parental rights of I.B.'s parents, B.K and C.B. The parents challenged this termination. Finding that the record supported the decision, the Supreme Court upheld the trial court's termination of parental rights.
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