In re A.K.O.
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The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the trial court terminating Parents' parental rights to their two children, Alyson, age nine, and Adam, age seventeen, holding that remand was required to reconsider Adam's age, reweigh his request to keep Parents' parental rights intact, and to reevaluate guardianship for Adam as an alternative to termination of parental rights.
The trial court determined grounds existed to terminate Parents' parental rights based on the grounds alleged in the petitions and concluded that it was in the children's best interests that Parents' parental rights be terminated. Parents appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in determining that termination of their rights was in the children's best interests. The Supreme Court vacated the portion of the order terminating Parents' parental rights to Adam and remanded to the trial court to reconsider guardianship as a dispositional alternative and to give proper weight to Adam's age, his lack of consent to adoption, and his bond with his parents. The Court affirmed the trial court's orders as to Alyson, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that termination of Parents' parental rights was in Alyson's best interests.
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