In re J.H.
Annotate this CaseJ.H. was the minor child of Mother and Father. The district court granted the petition of the Department of Public Health and Human Service for temporary legal custody of J.H. The Department later filed a permanency plan that did not include the option of placing J.H. with Father. Thereafter, the district court terminated Mother’s parental rights. The Department later filed a petition for long-term custody of J.H. and a second permanency plan that sought placement of J.H. with J.H.’s maternal great aunt under a guardianship. The district court granted the Department’s petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not err by (1) concluding that the Department engaged in reasonable efforts to reunify J.H. with Father; and (2) finding that J.H.’s best interest were served by living with his great maternal aunt, and not with Father.
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